Human Rights Act receives royal assent

Activists demanded civil-rights protections and responses to the AIDS crisis. The mobilization included the first public display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, connecting visibility, mourning and...

The act formalized federal multiculturalism policy and recognized cultural diversity as a public responsibility. Critics have asked whether recognition changes institutional power, material inequality...

The ADA prohibited disability discrimination in employment, public services, transport and public accommodations. Its passage followed disabled-led organizing, including the Capitol Crawl, and...

The law prohibited discrimination on grounds including religion, belief, political opinion, race, sex, nationality, sexual orientation and marital status. It established legal routes for claims and...

The act introduced legal protections against disability discrimination and established duties for employers and service providers. Disabled people and campaigners argued for civil rights rather than...

The treaty gave the European Community authority to act against discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation. It laid legal...

The directive prohibited discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin across employment, education, social protection and access to goods and services. It required national enforcement bodies,...

The directive prohibited employment discrimination on grounds including religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation. It created a shared legal framework but left implementation...

The Netherlands became the first country to open civil marriage to same-sex couples. This legal change followed LGBTQ organizing and years of public and parliamentary debate; legal equality in...

European and North American delegations, activists and civil-society organizations debated racism, reparations and discrimination. The conference’s NGO forum brought movement voices into global...