- 1181. Bulgaria - Ultranationalist party introduces bill banning all clothing wholly or partially covering the face (PDF 62 kB)
- Muslim expression repression
- Publication date: 22 June 2016
- 1182. FYR Macedonia - Annual Reports of the two NHRIs with equality competences note drop in reported cases (PDF 91 kB)
- Report on activities undertaken in 2015 by the two institutions holding competences in relation to equality and non-discrimination
- Publication date: 22 June 2016
- 1183. The Netherlands - District Court Zwolle awards EUR 21 000,- pecuniary and EUR 5000,- non-pecuniary damages for pregnancy discrimination (PDF 60 kb)
- Judgment by the District Court Zwolle on compensation for pregnancy discrimination
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1184. Malta - Equal Opportunities for Persons with a Disability (PDF 81 kB)
- Amendments made to the Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act listing fourteen rights rendering the said rights enforceable. Amendments also strengthen the KNPD’s regulatory role to ensure that ...
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1185. Italy - Roma Forced Eviction - ECtHR Order v. Italy (PDF 73 kB)
- Forced eviction, housing policy of people of Roma origin
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1186. Turkey - Lower court, which on 23 December 2015 had issued unprecedentedly high sentences for hate crimes against the Roma, published its judgment (PDF 93 kB)
- The forced displacement of a Roma community who had been subject to hate-driven mob attacks by their neighbours
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1187. Cyprus - The equality body finds that restrictions in access to self-employment for third country nationals amount to unlawful discrimination (PDF 95 kB)
- The equality body applies the Racial Equality Directive to labour market restrictions affecting third country nationals and gives a wide interpretation to the term ‘racial or ethnic origin’
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1188. Denmark - Board of Equal Treatment ruling on “Negro” and “American” (PDF 74 kB)
- Does the use of the words “Negro” and “American” by a public social worker constitute discrimination?
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1189. Denmark - Supreme Court ruling on disability discrimination and dismissal (PDF 71 kB)
- The extent of the employer’s obligation to provide reasonable accommodation
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1190. Denmark - Is obesity a disability? (PDF 74 kB)
- Can obesity be deemed to be a disability covered by the Act on Prohibition of Discrimination in the Labour Market etc.
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1191. Slovenia - New protection from Discrimination Act adopted (PDF 66 kB)
- New legislation transposing Directives 2000/78/EC and 2000/43/EC
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1192. Finland - Finland ratifies the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (PDF 60 kB)
- Finland deposited its instrument of ratification concerning the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol with the Secretary General of the United Nations. ...
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1193. Germany - Law on participation (PDF 46 kB)
- Reform disability law
- Publication date: 15 June 2016
- 1194. Belgium - Maternity leave for self-employed (PDF 75 kB)
- Extension of maternity leave and increased flexibility
- Publication date: 7 June 2016
- 1195. Portugal - Recent developments of Portuguese Employment Law / gender discrimination (53 kB)
- Changes in the Labour Code and in civil servants legislation / gender discrimination in language
- Publication date: 2 June 2016
- 1196. FYR Macedonia - Court decision on discrimination due to pregnancy (PDF 65 kB)
- Firing pregnant women
- Publication date: 2 June 2016
- 1197. Denmark - Supreme Court ruling on discrimination by association (PDF 80 kB)
- Did the dismissal of a woman because of long absence from her job constitute indirect discrimination because of her son’s disability?
- Publication date: 2 June 2016
- 1198. Turkey - The Turkish Parliament adopted an anti-discrimination law and established a national institution on human rights, anti-discrimination and torture prevention (PDF 89 kB)
- The adoption of an anti-discrimination law and the establishment of a national equality body
- Publication date: 2 June 2016
- 1199. Latvia - Accession to Istanbul Convention (PDF 98 kB)
- Accession to Istanbul Convention
- Publication date: 2 June 2016
- 1200. Liechtenstein - Government approved new national centre for human rights (PDF 79 kB)
- New non-governmental centre for human rights approved by the Liechtenstein government
- Publication date: 1 June 2016
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