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The need to formulate general legal principles on equality was defined on the basis of (i) acknowledging the pervasiveness of discrimination and the weaknesses in the protection of the right to equality at both international and national levels, (ii) the absence of comprehensive equality legislation in many countries around the world and the recognition that such legislation is necessary to ...
The general guarantee of equality is provided by most of the world's national constitutions, [4] but specific implementations of this guarantee vary. For example, while many constitutions guarantee equality regardless of race, [5] only a few mention the right to equality regardless of nationality. [6]
The Court, speaking through Justice Henry B. Brown, ruled that the Equal Protection Clause had been intended to defend equality in civil rights, not equality in social arrangements. All that was therefore required of the law was reasonableness, and Louisiana's railway law amply met that requirement, being based on "the established usages ...
The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen French Constitution is also framed with this basis in equal rights of humankind. [ citation needed ] The Declaration of Independence of the United States is an example of an assertion of equality of men as " All men are created equal " and the wording of men and man is a reference to ...
First-generation rights include, among other things, the right to life, equality before the law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, property rights, the right to a fair trial, and voting rights. Some of these rights and the right to due process date back to the Magna Carta of 1215 and the Rights of Englishmen , which were expressed in the ...
Equal opportunity, a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly; Equality of outcome, in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar; Substantive equality, Equality of outcome for groups; For specific groups: Gender equality; Racial equality; Social equality, in which all people within a group have the same status
Equal Justice Under Law (civil rights organization) Human rights, when such rights are held in common by all people; Civil rights, when such rights are held in common by all citizens of a nation; Rights guaranteed under gender equality, proposed variously: by the women's rights movement growing out of women's suffrage
Social equality is distinct from alleviating suffering of the unfortunate in society. It is an expression of the ideal that any two individuals in society should be treated with equal respect and have an equal right to participate in society without regard for social status or hierarchy. [6]