The course aims to provide students with the conceptual categories for understanding the different rights of equal opportunities with regard to discrimination in the workplace and, more generally, in the social life. Starting from the principle of formal and substantive equality in the italian Constitution, the course will underline a systematic reconstruction of the different hypothesis of European anti-discrimination law, with a particular attention to the case law of the Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.

1 - The general concept of equality

2 - Principle of formal and substantive equality in the Republican Constitution

3 - Principle of no-discrimination in European Union law (origins and development)

4 - The new EU anti-discrimination law

5 - Discrimination based on race and ethnicity

6 - Discrimination based on religion

7 - Discrimination based on disability

8 -  Discrimination based on age

9 - Discrimination based on sexual orientation

10 - Discrimination based on gender

11 - Equal opportunities in the political representation

12 Italian and european citizenship

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1) Knowledge and understanding: Complete knowledge of European anti-discrimination law.

2) Applying knowledge and understanding: In-depth knowledge of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.

3) Making judgements: Interpretation of the sources of italian and european law.

4 Communication skills: The student should be able to speak in a debate in the classroom, supporting his arguments.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Seminars with particular reference to the political and constitutional aims of the european integration.

Teaching

Frontal lessons.

Attendance

Frequency to at least three quarters of the lessons

Course books

- M. Barbera (a cura di), Il nuovo diritto antidiscriminatorio, Giuffrè, Milano, 2007 (limitatamente a: Introduzione Barbera e ai saggi di Gottardi, La Rocca, D'Amico).

- Manuale di diritto europeo della non discriminazione, a cura dell'Agenzia dei diritti fondamentali dell'Unione europea, scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito: http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2011/handbook-european-non-discrimination-law.

Assessment

Oral test, because it's  more adequate to verify the knowledge of the subject.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Frontal lessons.

Course books

- M. Barbera (a cura di), Il nuovo diritto antidiscriminatorio, Giuffrè, Milano, 2007 (limitatamente a: Introduzione Barbera e ai saggi di Gottardi, Aimo, Barbera, Bonardi, Calafà, La Rocca, D'Amico).

- Manuale di diritto europeo della non discriminazione, a cura dell'Agenzia dei diritti fondamentali dell'Unione europea, scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito: http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2011/handbook-european-non-discrimination-law.

Assessment

Oral test, because it's  more adequate to verify the knowledge of the subject .

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Thorough reading of the Italian Constitution and of the Charter of fundamental rights of the Union.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography