4. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the General Equal Treatment Act in August 2006 (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz – AGG), which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race and ethnic origin, gender, religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation.
Link to full text of the report: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/co/CERD.C.DEU.CO.18.pdf
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