Legal developments
Ratification of the Istanbul Convention
Slovenia should protect its vulnerable people, including Roma, migrants, the erased and poor elderly
Maternity leave/ Parental leave/Paternal leave
Access to services for blind and visually impaired people
Recommendations from ECRI on school segregation in Denmark
Different treatment in provision of services
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved several bill proposals prepared by the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance aiming to regulate issues concerning the protection of paternity and maternity
Different treatment in provision of services
Enforcement of equal treatment on the ground of age in the field of employment in the public sector
Father wins sex discrimination case re: shared parental leave
Legal standing of associations on ground of nationality
Dismissal/Direct discrimination
Harassment through hate speech
Protection of the motherhood and fatherhood of self-employed workers – the introduction of smart working
Annual report of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality for 2016
Admissibility of headscarf in the courtroom by legal trainee
Addressing and combatting discrimination against persons with disabilities
Political representation of women
Amendments have been introduced to the Sickness Insurance Act introducing paternity and long-term care leave
Same-sex marriage
The Act is intended to regulate cohabitants by introducing rights and duties depending on the status of the cohabitants. It introduces three different forms of cohabitation, that is, de facto cohabitation, cohabitation by means of a contract between the parties and cohabitation by means of a unilateral declaration.
Ban on face-covering clothes in public
Opening of hotline for pregnancy discrimination
The motive of prejudice becomes an aggravating factor in determining sentences for any crime
A Potential Tenant v A Letting Agent
Adjudication Officer Decision ADJ-00004060
Discriminatory dismissal
A report of the Netherlands’ Ombudsman of 17 May 2017 on the treatment of Roma, Sinti and Travellers by the public authorities in respect of housing
With its judgement of 4 April 2017, the Supreme Court has recognized the right of a female worker to be reinstated in her job after being unfairly dismissed while she was undergoing fertility treatment, even though she was not yet pregnant. This Supreme Court case resembles the judgment of the CJEU of 26 February 2008 (Mayr Case).
The addition of an article on sexual harassment to the Penal Code (PC)
Does it constitute discrimination that a vocational school has prohibited the exercise of religious rituals at the school?
Discriminatory dismissal
One year after introducing the so-called ‘Family 500 Plus’ law has confirmed objections regarding its discriminatory character towards families with one child, in particular single mothers.
The conviction was issued in a prescriptive judgment sentencing the lowest possible fine of PLN 20 (approx. EUR 4). The court did not take into account the possibility of sex-related discrimination in access to services.
Reports on activities undertaken in previous years by the two institutions holding competences in relation to equality and non-discrimination
The Commissioner for children’s rights slams the decision of a school to lower the grades of a disabled student who had benefited from facilitation measures so as to be at par with other students who did not benefit from any such measures
In May 2017, the Liechtenstein parliament asked the government to review the criteria and procedures for people with disabilities requesting access to vocational training
A preliminary ruling by the CJEU regarding the meaning of “ethnic origin” in the Race Directive. Requested by the Western High Court of Denmark
Whether a refusal to hire a gardener because he was deaf amounted to disability discrimination
Activity report and statistical data
The UN Committee criticizes the failure of Cyprus to take adequate measures to implement the CERD
The new Advocate of the Principle of Equality issues its first annual report
Equalizing retirement age for men and women
The UN Committee criticizes the legislative and policy framework for failing to adequately implement the CRPD
Police Roma Registration regarded as discrimination
Direct discrimination in access to employment
Time spent on maternity/parental leave or sick leave does not count as time spent in service for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations of resident physicians towards the hospital
Plans for ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2017
Definition of victimisation
Time use of people
Government initiative to create a public authority for gender equality
