The Netherlands
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Face covering clothing
Proposal to explicitly include protection against discrimination on the ground of sex characteristics, gender identity and gender expression into the General Equal Treatment Act and court decision on registration of an intersex condition
General duty of gradually realizing access for people with disabilities
Judgment by the District Court The Hague on compensation for not extending an employment contract because of pregnancy
Judgment by the Administrative High Court on less favourable treatment of an employee because of parental leave
Limitations on the wearing of religious dress in public functions
Arrangement for compensation of self-employed women who did not receive a maternity benefit
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities
Judgment by the Administrative High Court on compensation for self-employed women who did not receive a maternity benefit
A Ministerial Decree regarding the general duty to realize accessibility for persons with disabilities as provided for in the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) has come into force on 21 June 2017
Opening of hotline for pregnancy discrimination
A report of the Netherlands’ Ombudsman of 17 May 2017 on the treatment of Roma, Sinti and Travellers by the public authorities in respect of housing
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities
Extension of statutory regulation
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities
Statistics on the gender pay gap
Extension of birth leave for fathers
CEDAW comments on the Netherlands
Decision by the Commission on the Code for Commercials on the discriminatory nature of the Suit Supply commercials
Trial of politician Geert Wilders for his controversial remarks regarding Moroccans
Judgment by the Administrative Court Mid-Netherlands on compensation for a self-employed woman who did not receive a maternity benefit
Announcement of government measures against unwanted conduct at work
A report of the Netherlands’ Ombudsman for Children of 30 September 2016 in response to complaints regarding the discriminatory and stereotypical features of Black Pete
Dutch parliament passes bill extending the scope of the Disability Discrimination Act to the area of goods and services
Adoption of UNCRPD
Country reports
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs 01 January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs 01 January 2013
