Traduction de «Loi sur l'égalité » (Français → Anglais) :

36. Calls on the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to align legislation on gender equality as well as legal practice at different levels, in order to create a uniform legal situation in the country and to strengthen the department responsible for gender equality at central level in order to address the ongoing lack of women in the highest echelons of governance and monitor the problems caused so far by its non-implementation; calls on the Commission to use all available mechanisms to strengthen accountability and stronger action on the part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities in this direction; calls on the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government to put stronger emphasis on the implementation and harmonisation of the Law on Gender Equa ...[+++]lity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination with other laws at the state level;

– Mr President, the equality directives started in the 1970s and since then, many directives have not only changed laws in the Member States – there were no laws in the Member States at that time – but have created the laws in the Member States, the laws of equality between men and women at all levels of our society.

In order to make significant progress in terms of equality before the law, equal opportunities, including equal remuneration for work done, and equal access to human resources and other production resources which provide more chances, we – the European Parliament and European Commission – have the opportunity to and must encourage Member States and civil society to adopt effective measures.

3. Welcomes the Commission Communication on the application of Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (COM(2006)0643)), which seeks to establish a framework to combat discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin in order to ensure that the principle of equality before the law, equal opportunities and equal treatment is consolidated in the Member States, whilst fully complying with the principle of subsidiarity and respecting the various national traditions and procedures; while appreciating the overview of the implementation of the Dir ...[+++]ective contained in the Commission Communication, notes that it would also have been useful to have been provided with a detailed description of the way in which the provisions of Directive 2000/43/EC have been incorporated into national law, as specified in the Directive itself; further notes that the Commission undertook not only to collect detailed information, but also to report on it to Parliament and the Council and that Parliament, in its resolution of 14 June 2006 on non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all – a framework strategy , asked the Commission to 'examine as a matter of urgency the quality and content of the laws implementing the anti-discrimination directives';

In Slovenia a gender discrimination expert was involved in the drafting of the Equal Treatment Act, and in Denmark the Minister for Gender Equality promoted equality among ethnic minorities in 2005.

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the application of Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, which seeks to establish a framework to combat discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin in order to ensure that the principle of equality before the law, equal opportunities and equal treatment is consolidated in the Member States, whilst fully complying with the principle of subsidiarity and respecting the various national traditions and procedures; while appreciating the overview of the implementation of the directive contained ...[+++]in the Commission report, notes that it would also have been useful to have been provided with a detailed description of the way in which the provisions of Directive 2000/43/EC have been incorporated into national law, as specified in the directive itself; further notes that the Commission undertook not only to collect detailed information, but to report on it to Parliament and the Council and that Parliament, in its resolution of 14 June 2006 on non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all - a framework strategy, asked the Commission to 'examine as to matter of urgency the quality and content of the laws implementing the anti-discrimination directives';