# Appendix A: Existing Legal Datasets on Nondiscrimination

|Database|Agency|Focus|How it differs from the World Bank<br>EqualityProject|
|---|---|---|---|
|Legislationonline|<br>Organization<br>for Security<br>and Co-<br>operation in<br>Europe<br>(OSCE)|Legislationonline is a free, online legislative<br>database created in 2002 to assist OSCE<br>participating states in bringing their legisla-<br>tion in line with relevant international hu-<br>man rights standards.<br>Includes legislation on nondiscrimination,<br>freedom of religion, citizenship, national<br>human rights institutions, and hate crimes.|Covers only OSCE countries and does<br>not cover issues related to education,<br>property, social services and social<br>protection, and the labor market (un-<br>less covered by the antidiscrimination<br>legislation). Does not allow for cross-<br>country comparison.|
|NATLEX|International<br>Labour Or-<br>ganization<br>(ILO)|NATLEX is a database of national labor,<br>social security, and related human rights<br>legislation. Includes legislation on nondis-<br>crimination in the labor market.|Covers only labor legislation and re-<br>lated human rights laws and not issues<br>related to institutions, education,<br>property, public goods, social protec-<br>tion, and hate crimes or hate speech.<br>Does not allow for cross-country<br>comparison.|
|NORMLEX|ILO|NORMLEX is a database of national labor<br>and social security laws, ratification infor-<br>mation, reporting requirements, and com-<br>ments of the ILO’s supervisory bodies.<br>Includes legislation on nondiscrimination in<br>the labor market and ratification of em-<br>ployment discrimination conventions.|<br>Covers only labor legislation and in-<br>ternational instruments and does not<br>cover issues related to institutions,<br>education, property, public goods, so-<br>cial protection, and hate crimes or<br>hate speech. Does not allow for cross-<br>country comparison.|
|General Surveys<br>(2012, 1996,<br>1986) of the<br>Committee of<br>Experts|ILO|The General Surveys are reports examin-<br>ing law and practice in a particular subject<br>area related to labor in member states that<br>have or have not ratified relevant ILO con-<br>ventions.<br>Includes legislation on nondiscrimination in<br>the labor market.|<br> <br>Covers only labor legislation and does<br>not cover issues related to institu-<br>tions, education, property, public<br>goods, social protection, and hate<br>crimes or hate speech. Does not allow<br>for cross-country comparison.|
|The OHCHR<br>antidiscrimina-<br>tion database|Office of the<br>High Com-<br>missioner for<br>Human Rights<br>(OHCHR)|<br>The database includes existing measures<br>and practices to combat address racism,<br>racial discrimination, xenophobia, and re-<br>lated intolerance at the international, re-<br>gional and national levels.|Does not cover issues related to insti-<br>tutions, education, property, public<br>goods, social protection, and hate<br>crime and hate speech (unless covered<br>by nondiscrimination legislation). Does<br>not allow for cross-country compari-<br>son.|
|Planipolis|United Na-<br>tions Educa-<br>tional,<br>Scientific and<br>Cultural Or-<br>ganization<br>(UNESCO)|The Planipolis database provides legisla-<br>tion, policies, and plans on education from<br>official sources of UNESCO member<br>states.|Does not cover issues related to insti-<br>tutions, labor market, property, public<br>goods, social protection, and hate<br>crime or hate speech. Does not allow<br>for cross-country comparison.|

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