List of anti discrimination acts

Australia

Age Discrimination Act 2004

Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD)

Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Victoria)

Racial Discrimination Act 1975

Sex Discrimination Act 1984

Belgium

Belgian Anti-Racism Law 1981

Bolivia

Law Against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination 2010

Brazil

Anti-discrimination laws in Brazil

Canada

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982

Canadian Employment Equity Act 1986

Canadian Human Rights Act 1977

Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2002

Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 1976

Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1971

Colombia

Colombian anti-discrimination act 2011 (act number 1482).

European Union

Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions

Directive 2000/43/EC on Anti-discrimination

Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services

Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union whose Article 21 prohibits all discrimination including on basis of disability, age and sexual orientation

France

Edict of Nantes 1598

Germany

General Equal Treatment Act of 2006

Hong Kong

Disability Discrimination Ordinance

Family Status Discrimination Ordinance

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance

Race Discrimination Ordinance

Sex Discrimination Ordinance

India

Article 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of Constitution of India

Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Abolished the "limited owner" status of women who owned property, amended in 2004 to give daughters equal inheritance rights with sons.

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

International

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925

Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960

Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962

Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers, 1975

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951

Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights, 2000

Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance, 2013

Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance, 2013

Israel

Employment (Equal Opportunities) Law, 1988

Prohibition of Discrimination in Products, Services and Entry into Places of Entertainment and Public Places Law, 2000

Netherlands

Anti-discrimination is enforced by Wetboek van Strafrecht, articles 137c-h, and by the Dutch Constitution Law, article 1

New Zealand

New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, section 19

Human Rights Act 1993

Poland

Statute of Kalisz 1264

Warsaw Confederation Act 1573

Russia

Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia, 1917

South Africa

Section Nine of the Constitution of South Africa

Employment Equity Act, 1998

Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000

United Kingdom

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Disability Discrimination Act 2005

Equal Pay Act 1970

Equality Act 2006

Equality Act 2010

Race Relations Act 1965

Race Relations Act 1968 and Race Relations Act 1976 amended by the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000

Representation of the People Act 1918

Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928

Sex Discrimination Act 1975, amended by the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002

See also the Employment Equality Regulations covering sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.

Northern Ireland has a similar pattern of 'separate' equality legislation.

United States

Age Discrimination Act of 1975

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

Alaska's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

California Fair Employment and Housing Act

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Civil Rights Act of 1871

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Civil Rights Act of 1991

Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Executive Order 11478

Executive Order 13166 – “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency”

Fair Employment Act of 1941

Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993 - enables qualified employees to take prolonged unpaid leave for family and health-related reasons without fear of losing their jobs. For private employers with 15 or more employers

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Homeless Bill of Rights

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

Lloyd–La Follette Act (1912)

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act

No-FEAR Act

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Rehabilitation Act of 1973