Constitutional Principle of Equality in the Legal Systems of the BRICS States

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10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.116How to use a DOI?

Keywords

equality of people, BRICS, human rights, constitution, discrimination, national minorities, women

Abstract

The article explores the principle of equality, one of the most established and widespread in the constitutional law in the BRICS countries, the practice of its consolidation, implementation, as well as the existing problems in this area. It is shown that the implementation of this principle should be associated with increased protection of some “vulnerable” groups of the population: national minorities, women, children, persons with disabilities and others. The provisions of constitutions and legislation of such countries as the Russian Federation, China, India, the Federal Republic of Brazil and South Africa are analyzed. It is concluded that in many cases the formal Declaration of the citizens’ equality principle does not always correspond to the actual practice of social relations in such areas as the use of national languages, inter-ethnic relations, gender equality and so on. In this regard, measures are proposed to improve the legislative regulation of the relations in the BRICS countries question.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - A. Mezyaev
AU  - E. Motrokhin
AU  - G. Matveev
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/01/18
TI  - Constitutional Principle of Equality in the Legal Systems of the BRICS States
BT  - Proceedings of the First International Volga Region Conference on Economics, Humanities and Sports (FICEHS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 499
EP  - 502
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.116
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200114.116
ID  - Mezyaev2020
ER  -