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Article 12 (2) of the Constitution prohibits discrimination against Singapore citizens (unlike Article 12 (1) which applies to "all persons") "on the ground only of religion, race, descent or place of birth" in the following situations: In any law. In the appointment to any office or employment under a public authority.
The concept of race or ethnicity in contemporary Singapore emerged from the attitudes of the colonial authorities towards race and ethnicity. Before the early 2000s, the four major races in Singapore were the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians. Today, the Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others (CMIO) model is the dominant organising framework of race ...
Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore, specifically Article 14 (1), guarantees and protects Singaporeans ' rights to freedom of speech and expression, peaceful assembly without arms, and association. As a parliamentary democracy, Singaporeans are also guaranteed democratic rights to change their government through free and fair elections.
The government will unveil a new law to prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of nationality, age, race, religion, gender, and disability, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his ...
A 2023 University of Cambridge survey which featured the largest sample of Black people in Britain found that 88% had reported racial discrimination at work, 79% believed the police unfairly targeted black people with stop and search powers and 80% definitely or somewhat agreed that racial discrimination was the biggest barrier to academic ...
t. e. Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, [1] such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation. [2] Discrimination typically leads to groups being unfairly ...
In both cases, the Committee refused to accept "any claim that the enactment of law making racial discrimination a criminal act in itself represents full compliance with the obligations of States parties under the Convention". [73] Such laws "must also be effectively implemented by the competent national tribunals and other State institutions ...
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention. The Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation or Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (ILO Convention No.111) is an International Labour Organization Convention on anti-discrimination. It is one of eight ILO fundamental conventions. [2]