On 16 November 2012 the Council of the European Union published a progress report on the proposal for a Council Directive on equal treatment outside employment.
The Commission will in 2013 report on the application of the two anti-discrimination directives (Directive 2000/43/EC on Racial Equality and Directive 2000/78/EC on Employment Equality).
The ESF-Age Network consists of public authorities from 16 EU-member states and regions.
The Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Diverse Societies were launched by the OSCE in November 2012.
On 14 November 2012, the European Commission proposed EU legislation to accelerate progress towards a better gender balance on the corporate boards of European companies.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance’s General Policy Recommendation no. 14 on combating racism and racial discrimination in employment was issued in September 2012.
In October 2012, Equinet published ‘Equality Bodies – Current Challenges’.
In ‘Human rights and the UK constitution’, Colm O’Cinneide examines how human rights are currently protected within the UK’s unwritten constitutional system.
In September 2012, the Ministry of Justice published ‘Responding to human rights judgments. Report to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Government’s response to human rights judgments 2011-12’.
An executive summary of the Institute of Health Equity article ‘WHO European Review of Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide’ was published by the Lancet in September 2012.
