Legal developments
Access to the profession of doctor in the National Health System without discriminatory treatment on ground of age
The fiscal legislation provides that the spouses are obliged to submit a joint income tax return
CRPD monitoring
Sanctioning by Greece of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
Danish parliament adopted new law prohibiting face covering in the public sphere
Recent legal anti-discrimination provisions
Danish parliament adopted new act prohibiting discrimination because of disability
Legal recognition of gender identity
The Human Rights Ombudsman Issues Its Twenty-Third Annual Report
Court case on sexual harassment by an employer. App. No: 556/11, the Industrial Tribunal Limassol.
The new Advocate of the Principle of Equality issues its second annual report
The new Act on Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence provides for the substantive articles of the Council of Europe Convention on prevention and combating of violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’) to be enforceable as part of the Laws of Malta; to promote and protect the right of everyone; to repeal the Domestic Violence Act (Chapter 481 of the Laws of Malta) and the Act on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (Chapter 532 of the Laws of Malta) and introduces amendments to various laws.
Activity report and statistical data
Elimination of all forms of discrimination
Constitutional Court Ruling on Article 25 of the Animal Protection Act (ZZZiv) in relation to ritual slaughtering
No conviction possible when the intent of incitation to racial hatred is not proven
Documenting the reality of discriminatory practices among law firms in France
Does the employer need to be aware of the link between disability and less favourable treatment?
Publication of the national equality body’s Annual report for 2017
Gender pay gap
Violation of the right to a fair trial within reasonable time in case of discrimination
Right to vote
MPs and NGOs criticise the new Ombudsman for failing to implement the institution’s equality mandate; and public row with Auditor General
Failure to ensure accessibility to public transportation for persons with disabilities. Politicization of the NCCD Steering Board leading to reversal of solid jurisprudence on accessibility
Equal Pay
Equal pay
A new bill on equal pay between women and men was registered in the Congress of Deputies on 24 October 2017. On 22 February 2018 the bill has been submitted by the Congress and it will be discussed over the next months
The Provincial Court of Navarra has ruled that sex without consent is not rape but sexual abuse, unless express and clear violence and intimidation has taken place
Discrimination in the area of delivery of public services
Reports on activities undertaken in previous years by the two institutions holding competences in relation to equality and non-discrimination
Positive discrimination
Judgment by the District Court The Hague on compensation for not extending an employment contract because of pregnancy
Occupational social security / Gender reassignment
Sexism in public space
Protection of female workers rights
Case of indirect pay discrimination
Access of relatives of victims of discrimination to discrimination claims
Discriminatory treatment of candidate employees of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Judgment of the Labour Court which recognises for the first time that the consequences of a cancer can, in certain circumstances, be constitutive of a disability which compels the employer to provide for reasonable accommodation
The responsibility of the manager to guarantee a working environment without harassment because of ethnic origin
National legislation permitting the dismissal of an employee by reason of absences from work resulting from illnesses linked to his disability produce indirect discrimination
Rights of people with disabilities
Discriminatory treatment of family members of third country national in the field of social protection
Permissibility of head scarf worn by trainee lawyer
Direct discrimination in access to employment
Legality of ‘solutions of equivalent effect’ implemented in derogation to the obligation to ensure accessibility to persons with disability of newly built housing
Maternity leave, social benefits
New powers of enforcement for the Labour Inspectorate in employment matters
Balancing freedom of speech with prohibition to discriminate and the right to dignity
Gender equality, gender pay gap, parental leave, labour market participation
