Annex 1: main transposition and anti-discrimination legislation

• Author: Jakub Tomsej
• Pages: 91-91

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ANNEX 1: MAIN TRANSPOSITION AND ANTI-DISCRIMIN ATION LEGISLATION

Country: Czechia

Date: 31 December 2019

Title of the law: Act No. 2/1993, Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms

Abbreviation: Charter

Date of adoption: 16 December 1992

Latest amendments: Act No. 162/1998

Entry into force: 1 January 1993

Web link:

http://www.usoud.cz/fileadmin/user_upload/ustavni_soud_w ww/Pravni_uprava/AJ/Listin

a_English_version.pdf

Grounds covered: sex, race, colour, language, religion or belief, political or other

orientation, national or social origin, adh erence to na tional o r ethnic minority, property,

birth or other status

Constitutional law

Material scope: Fundamental rights declared by the Charter

Principal content: Fundamental rights declared by the Charter

Title of the law: Act No. 198/2009, Anti-Discrimination Act

Abbreviation: Anti-Discrimination Act

Date of adoption: 23 April 2009

Entry into force: 1 September 2009/1 December 2009

Latest amendments: Act No. 365/2017

Web link:

https://www.ochrance.cz/fileadmin/user_upload/DISKRIMINACE/pravni _predpisy/Anti-

discrimination-Act.pdf

Grounds cove red: race, colour, ethnic origin, ‘nationality’ (národnost), sex, sexual

orientation, age, disability, religion or belief

Civil, administrative law

Material scope: Public employment, private employment, access to goods or services

(including housing), social protection, social advantages, education

Principal content: Prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination, reasonable

accommodation, harassment, instruction to discriminate, creation of a s pecialised body

Title of the Law: Act No. 361/2003 on service by members of the securit y forces

Date of adoption: 23 September 2003

Latest amendments: Act No. 235/2018

Entry into force: 1 January 2007

Web link:

https://portal.gov.cz/app/zakony/zakonPar.jsp?idBiblio=55966&nr=361 ~2F2003&rpp=15

#local-content

Grounds c overed: age, race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, religion and belief, political

orientation, national origin, ‘nationality’ (národnost), ethnic or social origin, property, birth,

marital and family status or family duties, membership of trade unions an d other

organisations

Labour law

Material scope: Public employment

Principal content: Prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination