TFL Vsebine / Zbornik znanstvenih razprav

Prispevek se ukvarja z razlago koncepta prepovedi diskriminacije iz Zakona o uresničevanju načela enakega obravnavanja (ZUNEO). V prvih primerih odločanja o diskriminaciji na sodiščih se je izkazalo, da v sistemu varstva pred diskriminacijo, kot ga predvideva ZUNEO, ni jasno niti, ali je treba načelo enakega obravnavanja v tem kontekstu razumeti kot splošno (razlagalno) pravno načelo ali je bil cilj zakona vpeljati sicer širok, vendar učinkovit sistem varstva pred diskriminacijo, ki temelji na samostojni pravici do enakega obravnavanja. Prav opredelitev načela enakega obravnavanja in vprašanje njegove pravne narave je ključnega pomena za vsako nadaljnje razpravljanje in razlago drugih instrumentov varstva pred diskriminacijo, ki jih predvideva zakon.

Article is focusing on the interpretation of the ban on discrimination as provided by the Act for the Implementation of the Principle of Equal Treatment (AIPET). First cases of discrimination under the provisions of the AIPET have exposed the fact that there is some room for doubt regarding the question weather the principle of equal treatment, as provided by the AIPET, has in fact been set up as a general principle. A number of strong arguments support the view that the principle of equal treatment is not (merely) a general principle of law or a legal standard, but functions more as a (coherent) system of rules which provide effective protection against discrimination. The definition and the nature of the principle of equal treatment are central issues that need to be resolved for the debate on mechanisms for protection against discrimination in the AIPET to continue.