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HUMAN RIGHTS:

UNION WILL AIM TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATI= ON

IN SUPPORT OF A RIGHTS-BASED EUROPE

 [ARTICLE 5b]

 

 

AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (Lisbon, 13 December 2007)<= /span>

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Policy Area:

Treaty= on the Functioning of the European Union, Part I, Principles, Title II Provisi= ons having general application, Article 5b

 

Amendment:

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert—

 

‘(i) Article 2, paragr= aph 18, inserted Article 5b TEC (TFEU) relating to the combating of discriminat= ion; and<= /o:p>

 

(ii)’.

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Lisb= on Treaty Article:

18) The following Article 5b shall be inserted:

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In def= ining and implementing its policies and activities, the Un= ion shall aim to combat

discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age = or sexual orientation."

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Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

n/a

 

Expl= anation:

While under the present Article 13 the Union is allowed to take action to combat discrimination under this new Art= icle the Union must aim to combat discriminat= ion when “defining and implementing its policies and activities.” It is = not clear what the practical implications will be of the subtle change in langu= age, yet an extensive anti-discriminatory approach will lend itself superbly to = the anti-competitive, anti-democratic rights-based Europ= e detailed within the Lisbon Treaty.