Moldova: The latest example of the power of the EU to promote equality law reform

While Brexit has dominated the headlines since the UK’s referendum, other states continue to aspire to join the European Union and are presently working toward accession. Jim Fitzgerald writes on the EU’s efforts to promote equality law reform in Moldova, which signed an Association Agreement with the EU in 2014. He notes that although there has been substantial progress in establishing new legal protections, there still remains much to be done in implementing these new laws in practice.

Equal Rights Trust: From Words to Deeds: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Moldova, 2016 http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/From%20Words%20to%20Deeds%20Addressing%20Discrimination%20and%20Inequality%20in%20Moldova_0.pdf

EU: EEAS: Moldova http://eeas.europa.eu/moldova/

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