Congress nevertheless included an equality clause in the acts of admission of states.
Japan proposed that the Covenant include a racial equality clause.
The court ruled unanimously that the law violated the equality clause of the Bill of Rights, which forbids unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Section 9, the equality clause, prohibits unfair discrimination on various grounds including religion.
Her work on race and gender was influential in the drafting of the equality clause in the South African Constitution.
In addition the equality clause must be taken into account:
Section 9, the equality clause, prohibits unfair discrimination on various grounds including religion and requires national legislation to be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination.
Around the same time a racial equality clause that Japan proposed to the newly formed League of Nations was rejected.
Makino and Chinda requested that a clause upholding the principle of racial equality should be inserted, parallel to the existing religious equality clause.
It was argued that the right to culture clashed with other fundamental rights in Chapter 3 of the Interim Constitution, particularly the equality clause in s 8.