Netherlands votes to ban discrimination based on sexuality or disability
The Netherlands will expand its Constitution to explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and/or disability. The move was approved in a 56-15 vote by the Dutch senate in January, marking the final part of a years-long effort to introduce the amendment. Article 1 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands already prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, religion, philosophy, political preference, or “on any other grounds.” The vote, which took place in January, means that the Constitution will almost definitely be amended to…
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