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Anti-Discrimination Law and the European Union

Mark Bell

Print publication date: 2002

Print ISBN-13: 9780199244508

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244508.001.0001

Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Chapter:
(p. 88 ) 4 Sexual Orientation Discrimination
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Anti-Discrimination Law and the European Union
Author(s):

Mark Bell

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244508.003.0005

This chapter examines the European Union's (EU) approach to sexual orientation discrimination policy. It traces the growth of a debate on the appropriate role of the EU on sexual discrimination issues through the adoption of the Framework Directive on Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation. It highlights the growth of sexual discrimination litigation since 1996 and discusses the cases of Grant v South–West Trains and D and Sweden v Council.

Keywords:   sexual orientation discrimination policy, European Union, EU directive, equal treatment, litigation, Grant v South-West Trains, D and Sweden v Council

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