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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1381/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1381",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme for the period 2014 to 2020 (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Specific objectives",
  "text": "1. To achieve the general objective set out in Article 3, the Programme shall have the following specific objectives:\n(a) to promote the effective implementation of the principle of non -discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and to respect the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds provided for in Article 21 of the Charter;\n(b) to prevent and combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance;\n(c) to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities;\n(d) to promote equality between women and men and to advance gender mainstreaming;\n(e) to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children, young people and women, as well as violence against other groups at risk, in particular groups at risk of violence in close relationships, and to protect victims of such violence;\n(f) to promote and protect the rights of the child;\n(g) to contribute to ensuring the highest level of protection of privacy and personal data;\n(h) to promote and enhance the exercise of rights deriving from citizenship of the Union;\n(i) to enable individuals in their capacity as consumers or entrepreneurs in the internal market to enforce their rights deriving from Union law, having regard to the projects funded under the Consumer Programme.\n2. The specific objectives of the Programme shall be pursued through, in particular:\n(a) enhancing awareness and knowledge of Union law and policies as well as of the rights, values and principles underpinning the Union;\n(b) supporting the effective, comprehensive and consistent implementation and application of Union law instruments and policies in the Member States and the monitoring and evaluation thereof;\n(c) promoting cross-border cooperation, improving mutual knowledge and enhancing mutual trust among all stakeholders;\n(d) improving knowledge and understanding of potential obstacles to the exercise of rights and principles guaranteed by the TEU, the TFEU, the Charter, international conventions to which the Union has acceded, and secondary Union legislation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1381/article/4",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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