Chapter Contents
Chapter I introduces the key concepts underlying
the idea of equality and the basic principles of international
discrimination law. It also discusses the nature of State obligations
under international law to prohibit discrimination and promote equality.
Chapter II provides an overview of the chief
universal and regional international human rights instruments and briefly
discusses their equality and non-discrimination provisions.
Chapter III discusses in detail the key legal
standards in international equality protection, such as the prohibitions
of direct discrimination.
Chapter IV looks at procedural and evidential
issues involved in claiming discrimination, and also examines the possible
remedies available to discrimination claimants.
Chapter V presents the approach of each
international system to each of the most significant 'grounds' of
discrimination. Those international instruments that deal directly with
particular grounds are discussed in detail.
Chapter VI looks at some of
the most important 'intersections' in international discrimination law
and, in particular, at the impact certain other substantive rights and
other themes in international human rights law may have on international
discrimination law or discrimination claims.
