Ateneo - UPO

The course will begin with an introduction to the different concepts of equality and an overview of the U.S., European, and other national and international anti-discrimination law systems. Particular attention will be paid to recent developments in the protection from discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, disability at the European level in light of the most significant domestic constitutional case-law as well as through the European Court of Human Rights and and the Court of Justice of the European Union leading cases. The final part of the course will be dedicated to the role of advocacy, lobbying and litigation strategies in combating discrimination

The reference material will be national and international or EU jurisprudence. In particular, the judgments on anti-discrimination issues of the EDU Court will be used

To fight the prejudice against immigrants, people of recent migrant origin or members of minorities is frequently reflected in discrimination, whereby the people concerned are denied services or advantages to which they are entitled, and which are accorded to members of other groups. Such treatment serves to alienate them and contributes to their isolation from the rest of society. It is contrary to the fundamental principles to which all member states of the Council of Europe are committed, and is in itself one of the most serious obstacles to the establishment or maintenance of open and harmonious societies in Europe. Discrimination appears to be especially widespread, and to have very harmful effects, in the following areas: employment; housing; education; healthcare and social services; and the actions of the police and law courts.

Knowledge of the institutions and principles contained in Part I of the Constitution. Furthermore, knowledge of the general principles of European Union law and functions and institutes of the Council of Europe

Class participation is strongly encouraged since students will have to read and discuss real and fictional cases selected by the lecturer.

Many of the seminar’s lectures will include the presence of legal practitioners specialising in anti-discrimination law

The learning assessment will take place in two ways: 1) written learning through the writing of a report that will have to respect some strict editing rules that will be given at the beginning of the seminar

Il seminario esaminerà Parte introduttiva ai diritti interni e dell’Unione europea in materia di discriminazione: analisi dei casi; evoluzione del fenomeno discriminatorio; parole e concetti chiave per comprendere a fondo il significato di discriminazione Analisi della categorie di discriminazione diretta e indiretta Analisi della principali aree e categorie di soggetti vittime di fenomeni discriminatori Politiche e strumenti con cui combattere il fenomeno discriminatorio attraverso la testimonianza di operatori sociali e del diritto

1) more mature citizenship; 2) Knowledge of legal instruments to combat the phenomena of inequality in society 3) knowledge useful for possible career opportunities in the judiciary and legal profession or as operators in research centres or in the fight against discriminatory phenomena and as personnel managers in private companies