Positive Action in the EU Gender Equality Law: Potential and Challenges in the Czech Republic

1 UNIVERZITA KARLOVA Právnická fakulta Zuzana Fellegi, Mgr., M.A., LL.M. Positive Action in the EU Gender Equality Law: Potential and Challenges in the Czech Republic Pozitivní akce v genderové legislativě v EU: potenciál a výzvy v České republice Disertační práce Školitel: Harald Christian Scheu, Doc., Mag. phil., Dr. iur., Ph.D. Studijní program: Teoretické právní vědy - Evropské právo Datum vypracování práce (uzavření rukopisu): 28.6.2021 2 Abstract This presented study provides results of an extensive research regarding the codification, interpretation and the use of positive actions within major international organisations and selected national states with aim to assess their possible applications in the Czech Republic (CR). This work is divided into three interrelated parts comprising 1) theoretical and conceptual clarification of the principles of gender equality, anti-discrimination, and positive actions; 2) comparative analysis of the codification and the use of positive actions in three major international organisations - the UN, the COE, and the EU; and 3) codification and possibility of use of positive actions (more concretely quotas) in the fields of political and economic representation in the CR and assessment of their constitutional compatibility. This presented research is based on the..