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The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA or the Equality Act, Act No. 4 of 2000) is a comprehensive South African anti-discrimination law. It prohibits unfair discrimination by the government and by private organisations and individuals and forbids hate speech and harassment. The act specifically lists race, gender, sex, pregnancy, family responsibility or status, marital status, ethnic or social origin, HIV/AIDS status, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth as "prohibited grounds" for discrimination, but also contains criteria that courts may apply to determine which other characteristics are prohibited grounds. Employment discrimination is excluded from the ambit of the act because

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  • La loi Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA), également connue sous le nom de Equality Act est un texte législatif sud-africain visant à réprimer et à empêcher toute discrimination. En français, la traduction de l'intitulé de la loi est Loi sur la promotion de l'égalité et de la prévention de la discrimination. Cette loi interdit la discrimination injuste de la part du gouvernement et des organisations privées et des particuliers et interdit les discours de haine et le harcèlement. La loi énumère différents critères sur lesquels toute discrimination est illégale, à savoir la race, le sexe, le genre, la grossesse, la responsabilité ou le statut familial, l'état matrimonial, l'origine ethnique ou sociale, le statut sérologique relatif au VIH / sida, la couleur de peau, l'orientation sexuelle, l'âge, le handicap, la religion, la conscience, les croyances, la culture, la langue et la naissance. comme «motifs interdits» de discrimination, mais contient également des critères que les tribunaux peuvent appliquer pour déterminer quelles autres caractéristiques sont des motifs interdits. La loi établit les divisions de la Haute Cour et désigne les tribunaux de première instance comme « tribunaux de l'égalité » pour traiter les plaintes pour discrimination, discours de haine et harcèlement. La discrimination en matière d'emploi est exclue du champ d'application de la loi car celle-ci est déjà couverte par une autre législation adoptée en 1998, le Employment Equity Act (Loi sur l'équité en matière d'emploi). (fr)
  • The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA or the Equality Act, Act No. 4 of 2000) is a comprehensive South African anti-discrimination law. It prohibits unfair discrimination by the government and by private organisations and individuals and forbids hate speech and harassment. The act specifically lists race, gender, sex, pregnancy, family responsibility or status, marital status, ethnic or social origin, HIV/AIDS status, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth as "prohibited grounds" for discrimination, but also contains criteria that courts may apply to determine which other characteristics are prohibited grounds. Employment discrimination is excluded from the ambit of the act because it is addressed by the . The act establishes the divisions of the High Court and designated Magistrates' Courts as "Equality Courts" to hear complaints of discrimination, hate speech and harassment. (en)
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  • Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Amendment Act, 2002 (en)
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  • Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Bill (en)
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  • B57—1999 (en)
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  • 1999-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • 2021-04-18 (xsd:date)
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  • 2000-02-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Act to give effect to section 9 read with item 23 of Schedule 6 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to prevent and prohibit unfair discrimination and harassment; to promote equality and eliminate unfair discrimination; to prevent and prohibit hate speech; and to provide for matters connected therewith. (en)
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  • Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (en)
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  • in force (en)
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  • The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA or the Equality Act, Act No. 4 of 2000) is a comprehensive South African anti-discrimination law. It prohibits unfair discrimination by the government and by private organisations and individuals and forbids hate speech and harassment. The act specifically lists race, gender, sex, pregnancy, family responsibility or status, marital status, ethnic or social origin, HIV/AIDS status, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth as "prohibited grounds" for discrimination, but also contains criteria that courts may apply to determine which other characteristics are prohibited grounds. Employment discrimination is excluded from the ambit of the act because (en)
  • La loi Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (PEPUDA), également connue sous le nom de Equality Act est un texte législatif sud-africain visant à réprimer et à empêcher toute discrimination. En français, la traduction de l'intitulé de la loi est Loi sur la promotion de l'égalité et de la prévention de la discrimination. Cette loi interdit la discrimination injuste de la part du gouvernement et des organisations privées et des particuliers et interdit les discours de haine et le harcèlement. La loi énumère différents critères sur lesquels toute discrimination est illégale, à savoir la race, le sexe, le genre, la grossesse, la responsabilité ou le statut familial, l'état matrimonial, l'origine ethnique ou sociale, le statut sérologique relatif au VIH / sida, (fr)
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  • Equality Act (Afrique du Sud) (fr)
  • Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (en)
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