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| Name: | Prohibition of Discrimination Act (2003:307). |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Subject(s): | Non-discrimination |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2003-06-05 |
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| Published on: | Svensk Författningssamling, 2003-06-16, Vol. 7, No. 307, pp. 1-5, ISSN: 1403-8889 |
| ISN: | SWE-2003-L-65127 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=65127&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Svensk Författningssamling, 2003-06-16, Vol. 7, No. 307, pp. 1-5, ISSN: 1403-8889 Act No. 307:2003 (in Swedish)  Information Campaign - For diversity. Against discrimination, European Commission (consulted on 2004-11-04)Unofficial English translation Ministry of Justice, Sweden (consulted on 2004-11-04) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Contains 25 sections covering, inter alia, scope of application (counteract discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or disability), relation to legal provisions against discrimination contained in other acts, definitions (direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment and instructions to discriminate, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability), prohibition to discriminate (upon providing job, starting or exercising commercial activities, granting of social benefits), invalidity of agreement contrary to the Act and indemnities, supervision by the different Ombudsmen, and procedural rules. |
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