List of Laws and Reports On LGBT Rights in Ireland - Treaty of Lisbon 2007

Treaty of Lisbon 2007

The Treaty of Lisbon was signed in 2007 and finally came into legal effect on 1st December 2009. The Treaty of Lisbon gives legal effect to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. This Charter prohibits any discrimination in the workplace on the grounds of sexual orientation. The Charter is limited in its application to areas of law within the competencies of the EU. It is unclear what consequences this will have vis-á-vis Section 37 (1) of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 which grants an exemption to religious run institution to discriminate legally in order to uphold the ethos of their institution.