Norway

Addressing and combatting discrimination against persons with disabilities

Effectiveness of sanctions/ lack of compensation when age-discrimination has been established in a previous Supreme Court judgment

Government White paper on the rights of people with cognitive disabilities - NOU 2016:17 På lik linje – åtte løft for å realisere grunnleggende rettigheter for personer med utviklingshemming (“On equal footing – 8 boosts to realize basic rights for people with cognitive disabilities”) sent on public hearing

Government proposal to transfer the individual complaint mechanism from the Equality Ombud to the Equality Tribunal, and to give the Equality Tribunal power to award non-monetary damage in cases concerning working life

Addressing and combatting hate speech

First court case penalising refusal of services because of religion (hijab)

Revised action plan on LGBT-rights

Political aim to split the various functions of the national equality body into separate bodies

Is the State liable for lack of implementation of the European Convention on Social Rights (ECSR - the "Social Charter")?

First court case claiming compensation because of ethnic discrimination 

New proposal for the introduction of one comprehensive anti-discriminatory framework

Report assesses how Scandinavian countries treat migrants from Romania (Roma), and their consequences

Political aim to split the various functions of the national equality body into separate bodies

Age limits lower than 70 years set by employer will be invalid

Promotion of acceptance of a minority group’s culture and traditional way of life