Legal developments
The European Committee of Social Rights published its decision in the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) and Inclusion Europe v. Belgium case and found that Belgium does not comply with the obligations under Articles 15 and 17 of the Revised European Social Charter
Ban on headscarves in primary schools found unconstitutional
The scope of this Bill is to incorporate all legislation dealing with equality in order to ensure legal certainty and elevate the principle of equality to a right in itself, making it applicable to all spheres of life. The Bill also implements the Twelfth Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms into national law
Upcoming report on ethnic and racial non-discrimination
Thwarting of electricity consumer rights targeting/ impacting Roma
Discrimination caused by algorithms and digital platforms
Whether abolishing the Equal Treatment Authority and transferring its tasks to the Ombudsman decreases the level of protection against discrimination
Integration of people with disabilities
Arbitrary forced evictions targeting Roma
Burden of proof
Disproportionate negative impact of policy measures on education of Roma children from socially a disadvantaged environment in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Access to employment for persons with chronic or underlying diseases who belong to groups that are vulnerable to COVID-19
Legality of the decision to remove alternative meals in school on the ground of secularity of the public service
Limit of the protection against victimisation
Sexual harassment in employment
Dismissal of an employee due to flexibility as indirect gender discrimination
Gender quota in parliamentary and local elections
Gender representation in Albanian Parliament
Concern has been raised about the latest appointments of new commissioners to the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Female professional sports, smart working and parental leave, anti gender violence centers
Data collection in the field of gender equality
Board Diversity and gender
Maternity leave
Law defining and criminalising anti-Gypsyism adopted
Applicability of the collective action procedure to facts that occurred prior to the adoption of the class action procedure
Effectiveness of anti-discrimination legislation
Legislative measures to fight the development and practice of a Radical Muslim Community
Amendments to the Law on Protection from Discrimination adopted
Law proposal on gender balanced company boards submitted to Parliament
Equality in companies
Equal pay
The Bill on the Ninth Amendment of the Fundamental Law, proposed by the Government, addresses the issue of gender identity on two points, by claiming that “the mother is a woman and the father is a man”, and that “Hungary protects children’s right to identity in line with their birth-sex”
Decision by the Supreme Court on the overlapping of maternity leave and school holidays
Employment
First Greek judgment on the recognition of a non-binary person
Protective measures for pregnant workers in the private sector due to COVID-19 – Special leave for parents of children with COVID-19 in the private sector
Restriction of reproductive rights
Discrimination of female inmates in a Norwegian prison
Protection from domestic violence as a threat to traditional values
Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination adopted following repeal by the Constitutional Court
Denial of service
Whether abolishing the Equal Treatment Authority and transferring its tasks to the Ombudsman decreases the level of protection against discrimination
