The purpose of the guide is to provide Governments, legislators, civil society actors and others acting in the public interest with authoritative guidance on the development of comprehensive antidiscrimination legislation consistent with international legal standards on the rights to equality and non-discrimination. The guide examines the development, interpretation and implementation of these international standards in detail, before setting out the key principles that must be codified into law to ensure compliance with international law.
The first part is dedicated to the state obligations to enact comprehensive anti-discrimination law. The second part develops the content of comprehensive anti-discrimination law. Part three deals with minority rights. It provides a definition of who the minorities are. This includes, among others, groups exposed to racial discrimination, religious or belief minorities, language minorities and indigenous peoples. Part four tackles the subject of discriminatory violence and hate crime. Part five continues on the subject, in particular the hate speech, including the ban on incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence and the sanctions as well as the non-legal measures. Finally, last part addresses the promotion of diversity and equality, in particular the law obligations to address prejudice, stereotype and stigma.

Direct Link to the contribution (ohchr.org)

Gender Law Newsletter 2023#01, 01.03.2023