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European Union equality and anti-discrimination law were revolutionized by the incorporation of Article 13 into the EC Treaty, adding new anti-discrimination grounds and new possibilities. This comprehensive 2007 volume provides a fresh approach to Article 13 and its directives; it adopts a contextual framework to equality and anti-discrimination law in the European Union. Part I deals with the evolution of Article 13, demographic and social change and the inter-relationship between European Equality Law and Human Rights. Part II contains expert essays on each of the Article 13 anti-discrimination grounds: sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation, with common themes weaving throughout. This book will be of interest to everyone concerned with combating discrimination, academics, NGOs, lawyers, human resource professionals, employers, employees, research students and many others in the European Union and beyond

European Union equality and anti-discrimination law were revolutionized by the incorporation of Article 13 into the EC Treaty, adding new anti-discrimination grounds and new possibilities. This comprehensive 2007 volume provides a fresh approach to Article 13 and its directives; it adopts a contextual framework to equality and anti-discrimination law in the European Union. Part I deals with the evolution of Article 13, demographic and social change and the inter-relationship between European Equality Law and Human Rights. Part II contains expert essays on each of the Article 13 anti-discrimination grounds: sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation, with common themes weaving throughout. This book will be of interest to everyone concerned with combating discrimination, academics, NGOs, lawyers, human resource professionals, employers, employees, research students and many others in the European Union and beyond

Since 2000 an abundance of rights is ostensibly available to persons living in the European Union. Among the new groups to emerge as visible recipients of rights are the elderly and victims of age discrimination. These groups are growing in importance not least because of demographic ageing in the European Union. This article examines the sources and nature of human rights for both groups and investigates whether they are better off in light of the European Convention of Human Rights, Protocol 12 ECHR, the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the Revised European Social Charter, in particular. Despite great advances, the reality is one of uneven protection of human rights for these groups throughout the European Union (EU), frequently due to the low rate of ratification of Council of Europe instruments. This reality has implications for individuals whose access to rights may depend on where they reside in the EU. The many positive developments also create a misleading image of a consistent human rights culture in the EU. The disjointed reality reinforces the important and complementary role of each element of the human rights' matrix examined here. It also highlights the need for ways of making it easier for ordinary people to be aware of their 'age' rights and how best to access them.

This article examines the Employment Directive from the age perspective and endorses a life course approach to ageing. It explores the permitted exclusions on grounds of age and especially the exceptional justification for direct age discrimination, contained in Article 6. In the end, EU Member States may find it more difficult to successfully transpose Article 6 than they imagine. The article reveals special challenges for age and refers to age laws in Ireland and the USA, in particular. It also refers to preparations for transposition in a number of Member States, including the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Whether and to what extent age will ultimately receive the least protection of all the new grounds, remains to be seen and will depend largely on the individual approaches of the Member States. The ultimate consequence of the additional opportunities for excluding or justifying age discrimination may well be different protected areas throughout the EU.

Introduction / Helen Meenan, Nicola Rees, Israel Doron -- 1. Human rights and residential care for older adult sin sub-Saharan Africa : case study of Kenya / Isabella Aboderin. [et al.] -- 2. What's new in the residential care of the elderly in the Arab and Islamic world? : the case of Egypt / Mohamed A. 'Arafa -- 3. Human rights and residential care for older persons - an Australian perspective / Sue Field -- 4. Protecting the rights of Chinese older persons in need of residential care : the social justice and health equity dilemma in the People's Republic of China / Michelle H. Y. SHUM. [et al.] -- 5. The residential care of older people in England and the special relevance of dignity and human rights / Helen Meenan -- 6. In search of rights in a paternalistic environment : the Israeli experience of regulating residential care for older persons / Israel Doron -- 7. Human rights and residential care for older people in Japan / Takashi Amano, Naoki Ikegami, Tomoaki Ishibashi -- 8. Residential care in the United States : a persistent struggle for quality, dignity & independence / Richard J. Mollot, JD -- 9. Dignity as a theoretical and legal construct in the context of care for older persons and the developing human rights agenda for older persons / Haris Kountouros and Nicola Rees -- Conclusion / Israel Doron, Nicola Rees, Helen Meenan.