Judicial Civil Legal Protection Against Discrimination Based on Sex Cover Image

Судска грађанскоправна заштита од дискриминације по основу пола
Judicial Civil Legal Protection Against Discrimination Based on Sex

Author(s): Vladimir Boranijašević
Subject(s): Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: discrimination; equality of sexes; civil legal protection; litigation; the burden of proof

Summary/Abstract: Although defined as an extremely negative social phenomenon and prohibited according to the regulations of numerous documents, discrimination is widely present in contemporary society. An almost unlimited list of personal characteristics of an individual or a group of people is a basis for various ways of discriminatory acts. One form of discrimination is discrimination based on sex. The right to equality of sexes represents one of the basic human rights and a significant value of democratic society, while it is exactly discrimination based on sex that represents one of the most common forms of discrimination. In the paper the concept of equality of sexes, normative sources which prohibit discrimination based on sex and legal solutions contained in the Law on Equality of Sexes of the Republic of Serbia have been pointed out. Special attention has been given to the analysis of the specific rules according to which to provide civil legal protection against discrimination and according to which to act in litigations for protection against discrimination based on sex.

  • Issue Year: XLI/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 917-934
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian