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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

The regulation of the media promoted equality and absence of discrimination


Election Parts

  • The Media

Issues

  • Freedom From Discrimination and the Media
Summaries
  • Discrimination must not be practiced based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and expression, migrant, refugee, repatriate, stateless or internally displaced status, genetic trait, mental or physical health condition, including infectious contagious condition and debilitating psychological condition, or other status at any time.
  • Discrimination means any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, or national or social origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
  • Distinctions made on the basis of disabilities are to be considered discrimination.
  • Distinctions made on the basis of sexual orientation are to be considered discrimination.
  • The state must perform both its "negative duty" to refrain from discrimination and its "positive duty" to prevent discrimination.
  • All are equal before the law, and laws should be equally enforced.
  • Everyone has the right of equal access to any place or service intended for public use.
  • Equality refers not only to the amount of space provided but to the timing and location of such space.
  • Discrimination must not be practiced based on sex.
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Election Obligations & Standards Database

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