1. Laws that treat individuals or groups unfairly or unequally based on protected characteristics such as race, gender, religion, disability, age, or national origin
Discriminatory laws that prevent certain groups from voting have been declared unconstitutional in many countries.
Leis discriminatórias que impedem certos grupos de votar foram declaradas inconstitucionais em muitos países.
2. Legislation that enforces or enables differentiated treatment that disadvantages specific populations
The civil rights movement fought against discriminatory laws in the United States during the 1960s.
O movimento pelos direitos civis lutou contra leis discriminatórias nos Estados Unidos durante os anos 1960.