ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Positive Action, Disparate Impact, International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights
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Week 3 equality & non-discrimination and rights of women. Since it isn"t concerned with the outcome, it doesn"t matter whether the two parties re treated equally well or badly. There always needs to someone in a comparable situation who has been treated better. Everyone should be able to begin from the starting point. Removal of barriers to the advancement of disadvantaged groups or positive actions such as trainings: equality of results: equal distribution of social goods such as education, employment, healthcare and political representation. Aims to increase the representation of disadvantaged groups in educational institutions, employment or public office through preferential treatment and quota systems. International human rights treaties without explicit non-discrimination clauses are cat and. Cped: major regional human rights instruments, the right to non-discrimination on the grounds of race, sex and religion binds all states irrespective of their ratification of human rights treaties as it is part of customary law.
