Legal developments
Proposed law on anti-discrimination is blocked in Parliament by both MPs from parties in power and from opposition MPs
The Supreme Court reverses trial Court decision about the legality of an age restriction in a disability welfare scheme
Draft amendments to the law on family violence of 2005, do not comply to the Istanbul Convention
Hate speech/ harassment
New laws to prevent and dismantle ghettos and parallel societies in Denmark
Evidence of racial profiling in identity controls by police
The ruling of the Constitutional Court in the field of migration lays the foundation for the recognition of the rights of same-sex couples and explicitly adds the grounds of sexual orientation as an integral part of the Constitutional Equality clause
Higher roof for payments during maternity/paternity leave
Sexual harassment
New Danish Act requires individuals to shake hands with a Danish official to obtain citizenship
Discrimination in the field of Employment and Pensions
The independent mechanism for the implementation of the CRPD delivers two conflicting decisions on complaints for disability discrimination in education
Rejection of applicant wearing a headscarf
Government proposal to reform the article of the Spanish Constitution, regarding the rights of persons with disabilities
Project of a general reform of antidiscrimination legislation in Spain and the creation of an independent “Authority for equal treatment and non-discrimination”
Judgment by the Council of State on discrimination of a pregnant woman who applied for a research grant
Equal pay certification
The ban on dismissal on grounds of marriage does not apply to male workers.
The judgment of the National Court of 19 November 2018 annulled the statutes of a sex workers’ union arguing that prostitution cannot be considered a job and that, therefore, whoever exercises it cannot rely on the freedom of association to create a union
Positive Discrimination
Denial of reasonable accommodation in nursery school for a pupil with Down's Syndrome
Discriminatory Denial of Fair Trial
