The Consells Nacionals de Catalunya de Joventut, Gent Gran, Dones and LGBTI and ECAS celebrate the approval unanimously of the law, with 112 votes in favor and none against or abstention.
GAYLES.TV.- The approval of the Llei d'Igualtat de Tracte i No Discriminació driven by Government of Catalonia, and started five years ago by the councilor Dolors Bassa y Mireia Mata, director general d'Igualtat of the Department of Work, Afers socials i Famílies, has been especially celebrated by RCTs (Entitats Catalanes d'Acció Social) and the Consells Nacionals de Catalunya de Joventut, Gent Gran, Dones and LGBTI.
This law, approved unanimously, establishes a common and comprehensive regulation that includes the fundamental definitions of the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination, and the basic guarantees that allow real and effective protection of citizens to be achieved, so that they can enjoy of human rights and fundamental freedoms without discrimination, regardless of any personal or social circumstance.
La Llei d'Igualtat de Tracte i No Discriminació aims to make effective the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination based on religion or belief, ability, disability, age, racial or ethnic origin, sex or orientation and sexual and gender identity, gender expression, or by other social or personal condition.
Likewise, it aims to promote the eradication of racism, and of any form of persecution for religious reasons, of xenophobia, of LGBTIphobia, and any other expression that violates the equality and dignity of people. aims to guarantee coexistence and social cohesion through the recognition of the dignity of the person and the free development of the personality.
Pioneer and transversal
The deputy rapporteur rapporteur, Najat Driouech (ERC)He stressed that Catalunya be "pioneer»With a standard«cross»To protect citizens against« all kinds of discrimination ». Carme mendez, member of Migrations d 'RCTs has stated that the law «it is a framework for the inclusion of all diversities and for mainstreaming them. We expect effective and rapid regulation with a budget allocation. Mendez has remarked that «A body that ensures neutrality is key given that a good part of the discrimination often occurs in the public administrations themselves«.
Clara Palau, representative of the coordinating commission of the LGBTI National Council, has also shown his satisfaction with the approval: «There is talk of sanctions but also mediation, this is a very important tool to understand diversity«. palau has also celebrated that «The joint request of the different National Councils for this law to be approved represents a turning point in the mainstreaming of the defense of human rights, at the same time that the collaboration between National Councils will continue with the will to add groups that do not are represented nowhere«.
Magda Bes, spokesman for the executive commission of the Council of the Great People, has recalled that «older people are discriminated against due to ageism and also suffer multiple mistreatment and abuse" and that "we fight for those who come after us, and to achieve it, we have to be all«.
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