Legal developments
Face covering clothing
Enforcement of the right to property and the applicability of the Article 8 proportionality assessment in case of illegal occupation of land by Roma
Is the fact that the law provides that there is no difference in the lump sum damages for direct and indirect discrimination, constitutional?
The transfer of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality from the Ministry of Interior to the Ministry of Labour undermines the implementation of substantive gender equality legislation and policies
Promotion of equal opportunities, of conciliation between private and working life - tackling gender discrimination and gender violence in the Civil Service
Sexual harassment, employer’s duties to report on equality matters, strengthening of the Ombud’s authority to give guidance in cases on discrimination
New provisions of the Penal Code on domestic violence
New provisions of the Penal Code on domestic violence
Policy of University Eindhoven to appoint more women in academic positions
Work-life balance, right to work, gender discrimination
ECRI criticises the new Ombudsman for insufficient activity in the field of promoting equality and protecting vulnerable groups
Discrimination of the patient on ground of disability
Difficulties concerning the enforcement of equality body decisions
Work-life balance, right to work, gender discrimination
Whether differentiation in social benefits based on long-term illness constitutes discrimination
Whether harassing municipal practices targeting the Roma population amount to a violation of the Roma victims’ human dignity
Whether blocking access to LBGTQI-themed websites for employees constitutes discrimination
The Slovenian equality body with increased staff and budget
Abolition of punishment of activities of discriminatory provision of goods and services
First three cases dealing with discrimination because of disability adjudicated according to the new 2018 Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination due to Disability
Extension of parental leave
Different premiums for men and women for the voluntary health insurance
Violence against women
Whether a trans woman should be provided with access to women’s changing room at her workplace
The Hungarian government launched a complex set of policies aimed at increasing fertility rates
The ruling of the Supreme Court of 21 of June 2019, appeal number 396/2019, states that sexual assault in which the victim did not expressly opposed to the offenders given the intimidating situation must be qualified as rape (and not as simple sexual abuse)
New Government Programme promises amendments of gender equality law
Ireland’s national equality body has requested local government bodies to conduct a review of compliance with equality law obligations in the field of accommodation for the Traveller community
Was a policy of restricting housing to one religious community a proportionate form of positive action?
Victimisation
Civil and criminal liability of a Mayor for refusal to register Roma children in elementary school
Perceived disability
Segregation of Roma children in education
Gender equality in the business world and the labour market is still not achieved, as shown by two independent reports published in 2019
Protection against retaliation for witness of discrimination based on sex
In May 2018, a wave of teachers' strikes protesting against their low wages swept through Poland. In the ongoing public discussions on this subject, the discriminatory aspect of the strike was overlooked and the voice of female teachers was inaudible
Attitudes in the Norwegian population regarding discrimination issues, hate speech and the instruments of equality policy
No constitutional complaint against implementation of CJEU, IR v JQ
Balance between the prohibition of discrimination and freedom of thought, beliefs and views as well as economic freedom and freedom of transactions
Gender violence
Job accessibility
Substantive equality
Constitutional complaint against implementation of CJEU, Egenberger
Changes in adoption leave regulations
Burden of proof of claimants challenging the legality of differential treatment between employees resulting from collective and negotiated agreements
Shared parental leave (SPL) – is it sex discrimination to pay men less on SPL than women are paid on maternity leave?
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
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
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
Competent court – civil as opposed to administrative
