In America such quotas would be struck down because they disregard the right of male directors to equal treatment.

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" The court said, "Having granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over another.

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Opening the debate on 17 May 2010, the Parliament's rapporteur on the law, Luxembourg centre-right MEP Astrid Lulling said she had been calling for revision to equal treatment laws since the 1980s, when equality laws were first published.

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What I meant by that qualification was that in the early years, he was trying to right clear wrongs, to end racial discrimination and demeaning treatment, and promote equal opportunity and respect for all.

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