The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 makes sex discrimination illegal.

Anti Money Laundering Act 2001 (AMLA)

Retroactive application of the Anti Terrorism Act

In 1967, sex was added to the anti discrimination list.

Protection of women against any act of discrimination

Anti discrimination legislation also applied if the victim was a foreigner.

(a) The present anti discrimination legislation does not cover discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and age

He wondered whether the Sex Discrimination Act 2002 extended to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.

Third, enforcement of existing anti discrimination regulations is already receiving particular attention.

The Committee calls on the State party to adopt specific anti discrimination framework legislation and to increase awareness about international anti discrimination standards among judges and other members of the legal profession.

The role of civil society organizations in identifying and publicizing anti discrimination doctrines

Section 4 of the Anti Money Laundering Act (2005) contains similar directives.

The Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on source of income .

Social condition is a prohibited ground of discrimination in the Act.

No measures had been taken to include those grounds however, in response to the Committee's suggestions that comprehensive anti discrimination laws should be introduced to cover all spheres protected by the Covenant, the Government had enacted the Sex Discrimination Act in 2002 and was finalizing the Equal Opportunities Bill.

A public information campaign (a priority) started with the launch of the anti discrimination law.

It appeared that anti discrimination provisions of the labour laws were inadequate or inadequately enforced.

In its previous concluding comments, the Committee recommended that specific anti discrimination legislation be introduced.

The Anti Money Laundering Act (2005) provides the necessary mechanism for addressing this matter.

The Anti Money Laundering (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, which was passed in August 2003 and

It was, therefore, not decisive in itself to clarify whether direct or indirect discrimination had occurred, but rather whether section 1 of the Act against Discrimination had been violated intentionally, whether the alleged discrimination contrary to the Act was direct or indirect.

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The Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of age in employment, the professions and vocational training.

The position of Sex Discrimination Commissioner has been occupied in a substantive capacity since the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

(d) The careful constitutional scrutiny of the powers conferred by the Anti Terrorism Act 2001

The Special Rapporteur has also worked with the Anti Discrimination Unit in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in particular by participating in a meeting entitled Discrimination and hate crimes combating the violence of intolerance , organized by the Anti Discrimination Unit on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March 2005.

This meeting reflects the growing movement to combat anti Semitism and all forms of racism and discrimination.

Other agencies are also required to cooperate with AMLO in implementing the Anti Money Laundering Act.

Australia's obligations under the Convention are implemented through anti discrimination legislation at the federal, state and territory levels.

Amendments to the Education Act have seen the prohibition of discrimination against children with disabilities.

Indicate whether discrimination in the provision of benefits is also prohibited under the Labour Act.

Direct and indirect discrimination based on gender is also prohibited by the Employment Contracts Act.

The Act was amended to explicitly recognize breastfeeding as a potential ground of unlawful discrimination.

Any discrimination based on this explanation and being objectively motivated is not covered by the prohibition in section 1 (1) of the Act against Discrimination .

Likewise, the revised version of the Anti Money Laundering Act has given the authority to the Anti Money Laundering Office to freeze suspicious funding relating to terrorist acts.

29. Welcomes the establishment within the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of an Anti Discrimination Unit to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to promote equality and non discrimination

In cases of discrimination based on sex it is possible to base the complaint on the provisions of the Employment Contracts Act, the Wages Act and the Working and Rest Time Act.

The Government is also developing a new Mandate of Anti Discrimination Ombudsman to monitor and enforce these new provisions.

Singapore. Singapore issued anti terrorism regulations in 2001 based on the authority of its United Nations Act (2001).

Refraining from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions act in conformity with this obligation.

The Government also reported that the Labour Act prohibits direct or indirect discrimination against job seekers and that, when an employee complains of discrimination, the burden of proof of non discrimination rests with the employer.

The Government needs to endorse regulations and administrative directions to implement the anti discrimination law, and to ensure that the law provides effective protection, remedies and sanctions against discrimination (all priorities).

In 2000, the EU s executive arm responding in part to the growing popularity of anti immigrant and neo Nazi political parties enacted the most far reaching anti discrimination legislation in the world.

The State party notes that the task of the Commissioner was not to consider whether Fair Insurance A S had a general practice contrary to the Act against Discrimination, but rather whether it had specifically violated the Act in connection with the petitioner's application, and thus committed a criminal act of racial discrimination.

2.19 The Education Act of 2000 legislates against discrimination based on sex for enrolment of school children.