- 1021. Slovakia - District Court: Education of Roma children in segregated Roma only school does not constitute discrimination based on ethnic origin (PDF 162 kB)
- Discrimination of Roma children in education
- Publication date: 1 February 2017
- 1022. Latvia - Implementation of the Istanbul Convention (PDF 103 kB)
- Legislative proposal implementing Istanbul Convention
- Publication date: 1 February 2017
- 1023. Romania - Romanian Ministry of Education issued a Framework-order on prohibiting school segregation in primary and secondary education and a ministerial order for the action plan on school desegregation ...
- Prohibition of desegregation in primary and secondary education on grounds of ethnic origin, mother tongue, disability and / or special educational needs, socio-economic status of the families, residence ...
- Publication date: 24 January 2017
- 1024. Cyprus - The decision of the Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights finds that the restrictions imposed on asylum seekers, especially women, regarding access to the labour market amount to discrimination ...
- The Commissioner applies the equality legislation to the labour market restrictions affecting asylum seekers.
- Publication date: 24 January 2017
- 1025. Germany - Law on inclusion of persons with disabilities (PDF 134 kB)
- Legislation on inclusion of persons with disabilities
- Publication date: 24 January 2017
- 1026. Latvia - Legislative initiative on face covering ban (PDF 138 kB)
- Legislative initiative on face covering ban
- Publication date: 24 January 2017
- 1027. Austria - Country report gender equality 2016 (PDF 1,36 MB)
- Country report Gender equality: How are EU rules transposed into national law?
- Publication date: 23 January 2017
- 1028. Finland - Discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation in assisted reproductive treatment prohibited (PDF 141 kB)
- Non-Discrimination and Equality Tribunal considered that differential treatment of same sex female couples in assisted reproductive treatment provided by public health-care services is direct discrimination ...
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1029. Hungary - Court confirms that refusal by school to admit pupils raised by a lesbian couple amounts to discrimination and awards damages to one of the parents (PDF 108 kB)
- Whether school can exempt its responsibility under the Equal Treatment Act by referring to the intention to protect child from harassment and whether refusal on this basis amounts to a violation of inherent ...
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1030. Hungary - Mayor found to have committed harassment when calling on local residents not to sell real estates to Roma people (PDF 136 kB)
- Whether a mayor’s open letter to local residents to refrain from selling their real estates to non-local Roma people, amounts to harassment under the relevant Hungarian legislation
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1031. Poland - Reinstating different (and lower) retirement age for women and men (PDF 107 kB)
- The Law reinstating the prior retirement age scheme of 65 for men and 60 for women, adopted by the lower chamber of the Parliament
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1032. Bulgaria - Supreme Court confirms media company liability for website users’ hate comments (PDF 139 kB)
- Online hate speech
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1033. Poland - New benefit for mothers of disabled children (PDF 174 kB)
- The new benefit for mothers of disabled children who resigned of abortion, as an excuse for introduction later on of the further restriction of abortion law
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1034. Denmark - Danish Supreme Court Ajos-case (PDF 172 kB)
- Danish Supreme Court rules in Ajos-case that the unwritten EU principle prohibiting age discrimination does not take precedence over Danish law
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1035. Denmark - Diabetes and Sequelae to Diabetes (PDF 125 kB)
- Whether diabetes and sequelae to diabetes constitute a disability
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1036. Cyprus - Complaint of an employee to the Equality Authority for harassment in employment and discrimination on the grounds of sex and national origin (PDF 117 kB)
- The employer is found to be liable for discrimination by failing to impose satisfactory disciplinary measures against an employee who had posted discriminatory comments on Facebook against the complainant. ...
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1037. Bulgaria - ADL amendments of definitions of ‘indirect discrimination’ and ‘unfavourable treatment’ (PDF132 kB)
- Definitions of ‘indirect discrimination’ and ‘unfavourable treatment’
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1038. FYR Macedonia - Court decision on discrimination due to pregnancy (PDF 132 kB)
- Firing of a pregnant women
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1039. United Kingdom - Same sex marriage and clergy; Pemberton v Inwood, Acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (PDF 130 kB)
- Same sex marriage and clergy in the Church of England
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
- 1040. United Kingdom - Reasonable adjustment; G4S Cash Solutions v Powell (PDF 128 kB)
- Whether the duty to make adjustments for disability includes payment at higher rate for work usually paid at lower rate
- Publication date: 18 January 2017
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