Indicator history

The national law covers all forms of discrimination listed in the EU law (Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union), in proposed new EU legislation (Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation) and in other international legal acts (Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the Council of Europe). Some specific grounds mentioned in individual international acts (e.g. colour, birth, etc.) are not explicitly listed in the Law on Protection against Discrimination (LPD), but nevertheless they apply according to the explicit provision of Article 4 (1) of the LPD that discrimination on any ground, established by an international treaty whereto the Republic of Bulgaria is a party, shall be prohibited.

The national law covers all forms of discrimination listed in the EU law (Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union), in proposed new EU legislation (Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation) and in other international legal acts (Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the Council of Europe). Some specific grounds mentioned in individual international acts (e.g. colour, birth, etc.) are not explicitly listed in the Law on Protection against Discrimination (LPD), but nevertheless they apply according to the explicit provision of Article 4 (1) of the LPD that discrimination on any ground, established by an international treaty whereto the Republic of Bulgaria is a party, shall be prohibited.

As of 2012 the LPD was amended to comply with DIRECTIVE 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a selfemployed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC.