Main legal instruments on age discrimination and older persons’ rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - article 25
- Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) ratified by the EU in 2011
- European Social Charter (revised) – article 23
EU legislation on non-discrimination
- Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
- General overview on the legislation on gender equality
Proposed EU legislation on non-discrimination
Soft law
- Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)2 on the promotion of the human rights of older persons
- Official version in English
- Official version in French
- Dutch unofficial translation of Recommendation and list of good practices by AGE Expert Georgette de Wit
- Polish unofficial translation by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
Implementation and transposition of Employment Framework Directive into national law
- Joint EC Report on the application of the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and the Employment Equality Directive (2000/78/EC) and annex – January 2014
- AGE reports on the transposition and implementation of the Employment Equality Directive
- 'National protection beyond the two EU anti-discrimination Directives' by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field - December 2013
- European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field report ‘Age and Employment’ – July 2011
- Tackling Ageism and Discrimination, An Equinet Perspective – September 2011
Caselaw
- The evolution and impact of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field – February 2013
- European Anti-discrimination Law Review by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field (biannual)
- Factsheet on the caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights on the rights of the elderly - June 2014
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