This text comprises a collection of essays on enforcement agencies in the area of discrimination law. It highlights commonality and difference of law and practice of enforcement in a selection of countries, exploring what works effectively and why.
Contents:
Promting equal opportunity - the enforcement agency, Martin MacEwen; the role of the equal opportunities commission in combatting sex discrimination, Alice Leonard; the Dutch experience of enforcement agencies - current issues in Dutch anti-discrimination law, Peter Rodrigues; disability discrimination and enforcement - future prospects, Brian Doyle; Australia's rights and equal opportunity commission, Meredith Wilkie; anti discrimination law - a Canadian perspective, John Hucker; enforcement of equal treatment - the role of the equal treatment commission in the Netherlands, Jenny Goldschmidt, Lilian Goncalves; the commission for racial equality - as an enforcement agency, Chris Boothman, Martin MacEwen; South Africa - institutions and fairness, Sarah Christie; the fair employment agency in Northern Ireland, Bob Cooper; the committe on the elimination of racial discrimination as an implementation agency, Michael O'Flaherty; concluding remarks, Martin MacEwen.
