Legislation and Caselaw

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

• Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation

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 

o    AGE assessment 2013

o    AGE assessment 2006 – 2007

o    AGE assessment 2005

o    AGE assessment 2004

• '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