포괄적 차별금지법의 의의와 필요성

Abstract

On June 29, 2020, an anti-discrimination bill is proposed on the 21st National Assembly. First proposed in 2007, the anti-discrimination bill has not been passed in the National Assembly despite three attempts to legislate it. Even in 2013, the draft bills are retracted after organized opposition from anti-LGBTI and conservative Protestant organizations. Therefore, as the bill has been proposed after seven years since 2013, discussions on the enactment of the anti-discrimination law have been active. In the history of a decade-long attempt to enact a law, the anti-discrimination law has been meaningful as the least device the state should do against the hate and discrimination. In particular, anti-discrimination laws are significant in that they fill gaps in individual anti-discrimination laws, expand the concept of discrimination, provide effective remedies, and clarify national responsibilities. Facing a series of recent cases based on hate and discrimination, many people ask "would it have been different if there had been a anti-discrimination law?". Now, we hope to go beyond these questions and ask what more we can talk about through the anti-discrimination law.