European Equality Law Network

European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination

Law reviews

This second issue of the 2019 European Equality Law Review provides an overview of legal and policy developments across Europe and reflects the state of affairs from 1 January to 30 June 2019.

This Law Review opens with four in-depth analytical articles. The first article, authored by Sophia Ayada from the European University Institute Florence, investigates the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the access of female workers to the labour market. The second article, authored by Panagiota Petroglou, Greek gender equality expert of the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination, examines the concepts of sexual harassment, and harassment at work related to sex. The article also evaluates relevant EU law limits and potential for future EU legislative action. The third article is authored by Judy Walsh, the Irish non-discrimination expert of the network, and explores the issue of primacy of national law over EU law with regard to a controversial provision of the Irish Equal Status Act. The fourth article is authored by Julie Ringelheim from the University of Louvain and examines the implementation of the shift of the burden of proof in non-discrimination cases, focusing on Belgium, France and Ireland.

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