- 401. United Kingdom - Ali v Capita Customer Management Ltd and Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicester Police (CA) [2019] EWCA Civ 900 (PDF 79 kB)
- Shared parental leave (SPL) – is it sex discrimination to pay men less on SPL than women are paid on maternity leave?
- Publication date: 3 July 2019
- 402. Spain - The popularity of the ultra-right party "Vox" in Andalucía and its possible consequences for the protection against gender-based violence (PDF 74 kB
- The ultra-right party "Vox" adopts as one of its first measures in the Andalusian Parliament the inquiry about the qualification of specialists in gender violence contracted by the Andalusian Government ...
- Publication date: 3 July 2019
- 403. Greece - Election quotas (PDF 82 kB)
- Positive action; Adoption of a quota of 40 % in favour of the underrepresented sex for candidates at the European Elections and the Parliamentary, Regional and Municipal Elections in Greece
- Publication date: 3 July 2019
- 404. Latvia - Ombudsman issues recommendations to supermarket “MaximaXpress” and G4S security company in an alleged racial discrimination case (PDF 74 kB)
- A man of South Asian origin complained that he was verbally abused and discriminated on grounds of racial origin by a security guard, and supermarket personnel. He complained to the Ombudsman
- Publication date: 19 June 2019
- 405. Bulgaria - Supreme Courts’ joint interpretative ruling on jurisdiction in discrimination cases filed directly with courts (no prior equality body proceedings) (PDF 66 kB)
- Competent court – civil as opposed to administrative
- Publication date: 19 June 2019
- 406. Hungary - Discriminatory practice at the maternity clinic of a public hospital in Miskolc (the “visitors’ attire” case) (PDF 125 kB)
- Discriminatory practice
- Publication date: 19 June 2019
- 407. Belgium - Creation of a Federal Institute for the Protection and the Promotion of Human Rights (PDF 131 kB)
- New legislative Act creating a Federal Institute for the Protection and Promotion of Fundamental Rights
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 408. Italy - A case of gender discrimination in redundancy procedures (PDF 81 kB)
- Limits to the dismissal of female employees in collective redundancy procedures and the respective remedies
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 409. Republic of North Macedonia - New Law on Free Legal Aid provides clear ground for protection in discrimination cases (PDF 91 kB)
- New Law on Free Legal Aid, relevant for discrimination cases, adopted
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 410. Republic of North Macedonia - The equality body CPAD and the Ombudsperson with higher reporting rates in 2018 (PDF 91 kB)
- Annual reports by the two national human rights institutions with an equality and non-discrimination mandate
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 411. Republic of North Macedonia - New Law on Social Protection adopted (PDF 82 kB)
- New Law on Social Protection
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 412. Republic of North Macedonia - Adoption of new ADL (PDF 93 kB)
- New Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination adopted
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 413. Malta - Gender balance in Parliament (PDF 82 kB)
- A consultation document “Gender Balance in Parliament: Reform” was launched in order to receive proposals to challenge the under-representation of women in Parliament.
- Publication date: 12 June 2019
- 414. France - Council of State, 15 March 2019 No 414751 (PDF 70 kB)
- Access to interpretation in sign language of deaf persons before the Court
- Publication date: 5 June 2019
- 415. Austria - Austria introduces ban on headscarves in education for girls up to 10 years of age (PDF 78 kB)
- Parliament adopts ban on headscarves in primary schools
- Publication date: 5 June 2019
- 416. Belgium - Unia and the Institute for the Equality of Women and Men sign a cooperation protocol (PDF 65 kB)
- Cooperation between the equality bodies
- Publication date: 5 June 2019
- 417. Greece - Sanctions against a private company for the dismissal of a HIV positive employee (PDF 93 kB)
- Sanctions against a private company for the dismissal of a HIV positive employee
- Publication date: 5 June 2019
- 418. Denmark - Supreme Court ruling on age and disability discrimination (PDF 71 kB)
- Supreme Court ruling on dismissal of office worker in flex-job and possible discrimination based on age and disability
- Publication date: 5 June 2019
- 419. Romania - National equality body publishes annual activity report for 2018 (PDF 72 kB)
- Activity report and statistical data
- Publication date: 5 June 2019
- 420. Greece - Confirmation by appeal court of a first instance court conviction of a doctor who had posted an anti-Semitic sign at the front door of his office (PDF 71 kB)
- Discrimination in the field of access to medical services
- Publication date: 24 May 2019
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