Legal developments
133-measures plan (2021-2024) aiming to increase the effectivity of the rights of LGBTQI+ persons
A new ground of discrimination, discrimination of persons with disabilities in the workplace, social advantages on the grounds of age, disability, and social status
Broader employment opportunities and services for persons with disabilities in the labour market, as well as abolition of the status of social enterprises
Appointment of new Federal Commissioner for Anti-Discrimination/Head of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency
Are gender-critical beliefs protected under the Equality Act 2010?
Analysis of different key issues in the implementation of Belgian anti-discrimination legislation during the year 2021, and description of UNIA's (Inter-federal Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism and Discrimination) action over the past year
Muslim women's right not to be discriminated against in the workplace during vocational training in combination with the protection of public health
A labour court in the city of Bilbao has ruled that the Administration’s failure to take measures to adapt the workplace of a teacher with a physical disability is indirect discrimination on grounds of disability
Conformity of a by-law adopted by the City of Grenoble authorising women to wear a loose and long bathing garment in municipal swimming pools to accommodate religious demands, to the principle of neutrality of the public service and secularity
National Action Plan on Disability
Are gender critical beliefs protected under the Equality Act 2010?
National study on the needs of LGBTI people and on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sexual characteristics
Racial segregation in education
Fighting gender-based violence
Conciliation measures and promotion of gender equality for working mothers
Conversion therapies prohibited only against LGBTQ+ minors and persons under judicial support whereas still allowed against LGBTQ+ adults on the basis of prior explicit consent
Spain ratifies ILO Convention No 189 concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers
Paternity leave, parental leave for both employees and self-employed, time off for caregiver, smart working as a conciliation measure
Wage system based on age was seen as discriminatory – and the tribunal’s authority to award compensation for economic losses is clarified by all the heads of tribunal chambers
Prohibition of harassment in the provision of goods and services
Report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and men and consequences on gender equality
Ministry of Justice’s working group proposal to strengthen access to justice in the Non Discrimination Act published
When the burden of proof was transposed into Norwegian law, its content and application were not thoroughly assessed in the preparatory works. This has led to a systematic misinterpretation of it for decades
Annual report of the national equality body for 2021
Registration as a non-binary person
First baseline evaluation report on implementation of the Istanbul Convention submitted by the Government, along with shadow reports by several women NGOs
The application of constitutional reform on gender quotas in Parliament leading to a gender corrective mechanism
Segregation of Roma children in primary education
National Roma Strategy
Annual reports providing statistics on discrimination cases reported and findings of discrimination
An administrative fine of EUR 50 000 imposed by the National Council for Radio and Television to a TV channel for gender discrimination and stereotyping
The Council of State found requirements for the grant of a right to parental leave for newly appointed schoolteachers to be in breach of Directive’s 2010/18/EU prohibition of length of service qualifications exceeding the one year limit
New provisions of the Penal Code on rape, sexual harassment, human trafficking and sexual exploitation of the prostitution of others
Fighting gender-based violence
National Roma Strategy 2020-2030
Implementation of policies and measures on the prevention of discrimination and social exclusion of Roma minority
The High Court of Justice of Andalusia has found that the failure of a company to reduce the salary of a worker close to the age of retirement does not constitute discrimination on grounds of age
Extension of the scope of protection against discrimination in the field of supply of and access to goods and services
The ‘right to be forgotten’
The provision of the Law on Employment restricted older people from volunteering
During the COVID-19 control process, a trans person’s statement of their gender identity should be accepted regardless of the fact that their documents have not been submitted in the process of legal recognition of gender identity
Gender discrimination
Discrimination in the field of Employment against LGBT+ people who entered or had entered in a civil union
The Supreme Court has annulled the age limits imposed on non-commissioned officers who, by promotion, wish to join the officer ranks of the General Corps and the Marine Corps
The County Court confirmed that age discrimination took place in a case of a sports referee in the first strategic litigation case in which the Advocate of the Principle of Equality represented a client
Paid parental leave
Sexual harassment in employment
Legal standing
Appointment of Federal Commissioner on Ant-gypyism
Sexual Harassment and Harassment at Work
