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25th Knesset · outgoing

Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (Amendment – The Right to Equality) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק-יסוד: כבוד האדם וחירותו (תיקון - הזכות לשוויון)

TL;DRA proposal to add to the Basic Law an explicit right to equality, with a prohibition on discrimination on grounds of religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, origin, personal status, age or disability.

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What does the bill do?

The bill seeks to add a new section to Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, setting that every citizen is equal before the law and that human rights will not be violated because of religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, country of origin, personal status, age or disability. According to the explanatory notes, the right to equality is considered a fundamental value in a democratic society and was presented in the Declaration of the Establishment of the State, but the bill seeks to enshrine it explicitly and separately from the right to human dignity. The right is subject to the limitations of the Basic Law, like other rights.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 19, 2023
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected46 for · 56 against · 0 abstained · 18 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudAgainst 27 · Absent 5
ShasAgainst 9 · Absent 2
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 6
NoamAgainst 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidFor 24
Yisrael BeytenuFor 2 · Absent 4
Ra'amFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborFor 3 · Absent 1

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Other bills with a similar name · 3Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.