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The equality body examines the scheme of state grants for artificial insemination - Cyprus (PDF 36 kb)
The equality body criticises an age limit of 40 as a condition of eligibility contained in the schemes of financial support for artificial insemination.

The equality body criticises police operations against migrants - Cyprus (PDF 53 kb)
The equality body finds racial discrimination in the police practices of checking, arresting, detaining and deporting migrants with summary procedures

Equality body decision on discrimination against third country nationals with international protection in employment in private security companies - Cyprus - (PDF 46 kb)
The equality body found that the practice of the police to instruct private security companies not to employ third country nationals was based on a wrong interpretation of the law and was discriminatory on the ground of race/ ethnic origin.

Equality body declares municipal ban on public demonstration of sexual orientation to be direct discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation - Belgium - (PDF 24 kb)
Attempted curtailment of gay pride manifestation

Opinion of the Council of State on proposals for a Walloon Region Decree prohibiting the wearing of religious symbols by members of public bodies and the personnel working in different public authorities
Opinion of the Council of State on the conformity with the ECHR and the Constitution of the proposals for a Decree in the Walloon Region prohibiting the wearing of religious, philosophical, political and cultural symbols by the personnel working in some public authorities and members of public bodies

Opinion of the Council of State on the proposal for a Decree in the French Community creating a common philosophical and religious course - Belgium (PDF 34 KB)
Opinion of the Council of State regarding the constitutionality and the conformity with the ECHR of the proposal for a French Community Decree creating a common philosophical and religious course, in the last four years of secondary school, in public schools and in schools financed by the French Community

Opinion of the Council of State regarding the proposal for a decree prohibiting the wearing of religious symbols by the personnel in public schools in the French Community - Belgium (PDF 54 KB)
Positive opinion of the Council of State regarding the “conformity with the ECHR and the Constitution of a proposal for a French Community Decree prohibiting the wearing of religious, philosophical and ideological symbols (signes convictionnels) by the personnel working in public schools organized by the French Community and in schools financed by the French Community

Maths teacher dismissed by the city of Charleroi - Belgium (PDF 36 KB)
The city of Charleroi dismissed the math teacher who wanted to wear the headscarf

First cases against discriminatory door policy in discos - Austria (PDF 35 kB)
Young man of Egyptian origin successfully claims compensation for immaterial damages for not being allowed to enter a discotheque in two cases – more cases are pending

First Constitutional referral by the Conseil d’Etat relates to discrimination regarding the amount of pensions paid to veterans from former colonies - France (PDF 34 kB)
Discrimination regarding retirement benefits

Criminal liability of a training centre for refusing access to a student/trainee wearing the Islamic veil - France (PDF 33 kB)
Access to a student/trainee wearing the Islamic veil

Bill on the Defender of Rights - France (PDF 37 kB)
In first reading the Senate amended the bill to create the Defender of Rights in order to absorb the HALDE

Condemnation of Greece for violation of the obligation to provide adequate housing for Roma as laid down in Article 16 of the European Social Charter - Greece (PDF 37 kB)
Discrimination against Roma in respect of housing rights (living conditions and forced evictions)

Prohibition of public prayer in scool is legitimate - Germany (PDF 31 kB)
Prayer in school

Proposal for the abolishing the term “race” -Germany (PDF 32 kB)
Proposal for amendment of Art. 3 Basic Law: change of the terminology on prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of “race”

The Supreme Administrative Court dissolves The Worker’s Party - Czech Republic (PDF 31 kB)
Dissolution of the political party because of its programme focused on spreading racial hatred, xenophobia and instigating violence

Supreme Administrative Court overrules the suspension of the Baltic Price event - Lithuania (PDF 23 kB)
Supreme Administrative Court overrules the suspension of the Baltic Price event

ECHR Judgment on Discrimination of Roma Pupils in Croatia (PDF 53 kB)
Discrimination of Roma children in primary education

Implementation of extensions to age limitations in the public service - France (PDF 32 kB)
relating to Decree n° 2009-1744 of 30 December 2009 and regarding implementation of article 1-3 of Law n° 84-834 of 13 September 1984 on age limitations in the public service and Ministerial Instruction n° DGAFP/DGCL/DHOS of 10 March 2010

Greek Supreme Court’ s dismissal of appeal in cassation against neo-Nazi Plevris’ acquittal - Greece (PDF 35 kB)
Implementation of the anti-racism Law 927/ 1979

Maths teacher prohibited by the municipal council to wear the headscarf - Belgium (PDF 47 kB)
The maths teacher allowed by the Court of Appeals of Mons to wear the headscarf was prohibited to enter the school wearing the headscarf, following a decision of the Municipality Council. The Council of State rejected her action in suspension against that decision.

The Council of State suspended the Flemish Education Council decision to prohibit religious and philosophical symbols at school - Belgium (PDF 36 kB)
The Council of State suspended the Flemish Education Council decision of September 2009 to prohibit religious and philosophical symbols at school and referred a preliminary ruling to the Constitutional Court

Complaint against the newspaper “Le Soir” for incitement to racial hate - Belgium (PDF 41 kB)
Complaint against the newspaper “Le Soir” for incitement to racial hate launched by Bart de Wever, the President of a Flemish right wings party.

Maths teacher allowed by Court to wear headscarf - Belgium (PDF 53 KB)
The Court of Appeals of Mons lifts the ban on headscarf imposed on a maths teacher

A group of Lithuanian Members of Parliament urges the General Prosecution Service, inquiring to enforce the Law on the Protection of Minors and to defend public interest against the foreseen Pride event - Lituania (PDF 39 kB)
Request for enforcing the law regarding protection of minors in the context of a LGTB Pride event

Supreme Court refusal to recognize anti-Roma prosecutorial prejudice - Bulgaria (PDF 25 kB)
Criminal justice/ hate speech

Recognition of students’ special needs - Bulgaria (PDF 26 kB)
Indirect discrimination

The prohibition of the burqa and the niqab in the public sphere in Belgium adopted by the Parliament’s House of Representatives - Belgium (39 kB)
Almost unanimous (2 abstentions) agreement in the Parliament's House of Representatives on the legislative proposal prohibiting, at the criminal level, the wearing of any clothes covering, totally or partly, the face of a person and making he or she non-identifiable

Towards a prohibition of the burqa and the niqab in the public sphere in Belgium - (PDF 50 kB)
Unanimous agreement in the Parliament's Interior Commission on a legislative proposal prohibiting, at the criminal level, to wear any clothes covering totally or partially the face of a person and making he or she non-identifiable

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 143 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 1.038 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 165 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 174 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 1.076 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 158 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

Handicap et droit européen contre la discrimination (PDF 2.233 kB)
Manuscrit terminé en juillet 2009

Behinderung und europäisches Recht zur Nichtdiskriminierung (PDF 2.229 kB)
Manuskript abgeschlossen im Juli 2009

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 148 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 1.297 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 148 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

Liens entre migration et discrimination (PDF 1.797 kB)
Manuscrit terminé en juillet 2009

Die Zusammenhänge zwischen Migration und Diskriminierung (PDF 1.883 kB)
Manuskript abgeschlossen im Juli 2009

Louzaï et CGT Metallurgie vs. - France (PDF 33 kB)
Discrimination based on racial/ethnic origin in hiring practices for indefinite term employment contracts

General Direction of Social Cohesion - France (PDF 34 kB)
Administrative reorganisation in the Ministry of Social Affairs replacing the General Direction of Social Affairs by a General Direction of Social Cohesion ( DGCS)

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 120 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 1.307 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 159 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

Report of the Commission of experts on the measure and evaluation of diversity and discrimination (COMEDD), submitted on 5 February 2010 - France (PDF 35 kB)
The Commission presided by the former Director of the National Demographic Institute ( INED), François Hérand, was mandated by the Commissioner for Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Yasid Sabeg, to undertake a massive consultation in order to submit recommendations on the opportunity to develop statistics in order to monitor ethnic discrimination

Legislative debate on the wearing of the burqa in the public sphere - France (PDF 43 kB)
Parliament consultation to define a legislative stand on the status of the integral veil (or burqa) in public places

Court conviction of editor of neo-nazi magazine for distribution of anti-Semitic pamphlets - Greece (PDF 34 kB)
Implementation of the anti-racism Law 927/1979

Dismissal for lack of language skills - Germany (PDF 25 kB)
Dismissal for lack of ability to speak German sufficiently

Czech constitutional court rules on racial harassment - Czech Republic (PDF 33 kB)
Czech Constitutional court acknowledged the right to protection against racial harassment prior to the EU accession

Condemnation of city councillor Olivier Delcourt for performing the Nazi salute while taking oath - Belgium (PDF 38 kB)
Nazi salute made by city councillor during public oath-taking ceremony

Administrative Court declares the illegality of some of the initiatives adopted in the context of the alleged "emergency situation" concerning nomadic groups - enforcement of the decision suspended until pronouncement on final appeal - Italy (PDF 49 kB)
Compatibility with equal treatment rules of provisions aimed at the identification of persons living in “settlements of nomadic communities”; legality of internal regulations of the legal settlements

Civil Partnership bill introduced- Ireland (PDF 34 kB)
Equal recognition for same sex couples

Important decision in ensuring access to health services for people with HIV - Ireland (PDF 36 kB)
Equality Tribunal DEC –S2009-073 Goulding -v- O'Doherty

Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs hearing on EU complaint - Ireland (PDF 24 kB)
Joint Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee on European Affairs hearing on ERA (Equality Rights Alliance) complaint to European Commission on cutback to Equality Authority’s budget

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 135 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 1.471 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country repot on measures to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 155 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Lituania (PDF 105 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 97 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 918 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 112 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF109 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF 959 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF 161 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

Tribunal de Grande Instance of Lyon, SALA, COVACI et al - France (PDF 34 kB)
Can the right to private and family life of Romanian Romas be opposed to a request for expulsion by reason of illegal occupation of State property?

Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked an international row in 2005 - Denmark (PDF 25 kB)
Attempted assassination of the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard

Ratification by France of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - France (PDF 25 kB)
Adoption of the law n° 2009-1791 of 31 December 2009 Authorising the Ratification of the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities

Removal of religious symbols from Greek school classrooms and abolition of practices of holding morning prayers in schools and attending a religious mass in church during school hours - Greece (PDF 52 kB)
Freedom of religion is violated due to display of religious symbols in classrooms, morning prayers and attendance of religious mass

The president of the International Free Press Society Lars Hedegaard has described Muslims as morally depraved and rapists - Denmark (PDF 33 kB)
Derogatory remarks against Muslims in general by founder and president of The International Free Press Society (in Danish :Trykkefrihedsselskabet)

Supreme court decides on amounts of compensation awarded in racial discrimination cases - Czech Republic (PDF 40 kB)
Discrimination in public services

Czech governmental decree on unlawful sterilizations of women in the Czech republic - Czech Republic (PDF 32 kB)
Unlawful sterilizations

Arson of synagogue in the city of Chania - Greece (PDF 39 kB)
Violent attack and arson against Jewish synagogue reveals racial/ ethnic and religious discrimination in the form of antisemitism

Equality Authority issues annual report for 2007-2008 - Cyprus (PDF 59 kB)
The Equality Authority (one of the two bodies comprising the national equality body) publishes its annual report for the years 2007 and 2008

The Equality Body intervenes to promote the participation of documented third country nationals in local elections - Cyprus (PDF 45 kB)
The Equality Body intervenes with the Cypriot government in order to encourage the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level

Anti-discrimination authority issues annual report for 2008 - Cyprus (PDF 49 kB)
The anti-discrimination authority (one of the two bodies comprising the national equality body) publishes its annual report for the year 2008.

A new law is enacted introducing positive measures for people with disabilities - Cyprus (PDF 30 kB)
A bill providing for quotas in the public service in favour of persons with disability, which had raised objections amongst disability activists, becomes law.

Assizes on Inter-culturality - Belgium (PDF 41 kB)
National debate on the issue of inter-culturality in 2009-2010

The law on the protection of minors amended - Lithuania (PDF 42 kB)
The Parliament amends the Law on the Protection of Minors Against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information, excluding homosexuality from the list

New Head of Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency - Germany (PDF 24 kB)

Unequal treatment of marriages and civil partnerships concerning survivor’s pensions - Germany (PDF 34 kB)
Claim to survivor’s pension under an occupational pension scheme (up to now only granted to married couples) for registered civil partners?

The Equality Body finds that a law setting a preference in employment for blind persons as telephonists discriminates against persons with other disabilities.pdf - Cyprus (PDF 39 kB)
The Equality Body finds in favour of a complainant with physical disability that a law providing for the preferential employment of blind telephonists in the public service violates Directive 2000/78/EC.

Local government bans public expression of sexual orientation - Bulgaria (PDF 24 kB)
Freedom of expression/ private life

Actio popularis claim against bar seeking young female bartenders - Hungary (PDF 25 kB)
Whether age is a genuine and determining occupational requirement with respect to jobs requiring physical endurance

ECHR held that Spain had violated Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol 1 - Spain (PDF 44 kB)

Supreme Court confirms mayor liable for anti-Roma hate speech - Bulgaria (PDF 25 kB)
Hate speech by official

Bar fined for refusing entry of black guests - Hungary (PDF 32 kB)
Testing provides proof of discriminative practice in actio popularis case against a bar regularly denying entry of black people

Harassment of Roma pupils by teachers threatening them with the Hungarian Guard - Hungary (PDF 33 kB)
Harassment is committed by teachers threatening Roma pupils by making references to the Hungarian Guard (an extreme rightist movement dissolved by the court due to its racist activities)

Equal Treatment Authority establishes harassment in ex officio proceeding against local mayor using hate speech - Hungary (PDF 31 kB)
The application of harassment provisions for the sanctioning of hate speech by public figures.

Legislative debate on the wearing of the burqa in the public sphere - France (PDF 32 kB)
Parliament consultation to define a legislative stand on the status of the integral veil (or burqa) in public places

Tribunal de Besançon, Berthet, n° 0900299, 10 November 2009 - France (PDF 26 kB)
Right of an homosexual woman to adopt under the scheme applicable to single parents

Conseil d'Etat, n° 318565, 18 November,2009 - France (PDF 32 kB)
Annulment of the decision setting the results of a hiring entry examination for employment in the public service, for insufficient accommodation of a disabled candidate who had requested reasonable accommodation to participate in the exam

Cour de Cassation, Social Chamber, n° 07-42849, 10 November, 2009 - France (PDF 33 kB)
Are comparative elements between the situation of the plaintiff and that of other employees necessary in order to establish a prima facie case of discrimination

Conseil d’Etat, Plenary session, 30 October, 2009, n°298348 - France (PDF 32 kB)
Direct application of Directive 2000/78 by the High Administrative Court to quash individual administrative decision of a magistrate and consequences of this directive on the rules of implementation of the proof by the administrative judge in discrimination matters

Cour de Cassation, Social Chamber, n° 08-42286, 10 November 2009 - France (PDF 33 kB)
Does the request of an employer to change one’s surname consist a discrimination on the ground of origin

HALDE Deliberation no 2009-372 of November 9th, 2009 on the situation of Romanian and Bulgarian Romas in France - France (PDF 44 kB)
Situation of Romanian and Bulgarian Romas in France further to the Halde’s consultative commission’s enquiry

Decision of the Constitutional Court of 3 December 2009 upholding the constitutional validity of the law allowing to cut the public funding of “undemocratic” political parties - Belguim (PDF 50 kB)
Preliminary reference addressed by the Council of State to the Constitutional Court, wondering whether federal legislation providing for funding cuts of “undemocratic” parties is in breach of various provisions of the Constitution

Prohibition for Teacher to Wear Cap in School - Germany
Female teacher challenges instruction against (religiously motivated) wearing of headgear in school

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Lithuania (PDF 83 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measure to combat discrimination - Lithuania (PDF 1.213 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 153 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 157 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 1.735 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 163 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 144 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 1.150 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 209 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 185 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 153 kB)
State of affairs up to 10 January 2009

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Romania (PDF 232 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 251 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 178 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 140 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 148 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 207 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 135 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 161 kB)
State of affairs up to 10 January 2009

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 137 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 191 kB)
State of affairs up to 17 June 2009

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cyprus (PDF 166 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Bulgaria (PDF 184 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 147 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 1.247 kB)
State of affairs up to 10 January 2009

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 182 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 1.827 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cyprus (PDF 151 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cyprus (PDF 2.175 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 1.955 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 139 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 1.210 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 123 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 2.262 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF116 kB)
State of affairs up to 10 January 2009

Disability and non-discrimination law in the European Union (PDF 1.630 kB)
Manuscript completed in July 2009

Links between migration and discrimination (PDF 1.729 kB)
Manuscript completed in July 2009

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 1.224 kB)
State of affairs up to 10 January 2009

Equality Authority Annual report 2008 - Ireland (PDF 23 kB)
Annual report 2008

Supreme Court upholds right of golf club to exclude women - Ireland (24 KB)

The Council for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin is set up (Spain (PDF 32 kB)

Amendments to the Equal Treatment Act - Estonia (PDF 24 kB)
Few amendments to equality legislation (concerning an equality body)

Position of the Equality Body on reasonable accommodation at the workplace for people with disabilities - Cyprus (PDF 43 kB)
The Equality Body offers an opinion on whether the reduction of working hours amounts to reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities, following the request of the Ministry of Education.

Police operation against migrant workers conveys xenophobic messages - Cyprus (PDF 35 kB)
A televised police hunt against migrant workers is criticised by stakeholders for reinforcing xenophobic attitudes in society

The Equality body finds disability discrimination in the rejection of a job application - Cyprus (PDF 124 kB)
The Equality body finds unlawful discrimination in the decision of a private sector employer to turn down an applicant because of her physical characteristics.

Draft Law introducing positive measures for persons with disabilities - Cyprus (PDF 24 kB)
A draft law currently under examination by the House of Representatives providing for quotas in the public service n favour of people with disabilities raises objections amongst disability activists.

Law transposing the anti—discrimination Directives is amended - Cyprus (PDF 35 kB)
The Law transposing the employment component of the two anti-discrimination Directives is amended so as to clarify the jurisdiction of the Labour Court.

Government proposes to limit Equality body’s capacity - Bulgaria (PDF 23 kB)
Equality body institutional capacity - governmental interference

The Council of State contines to elude the issue of the legality of the ban of religious symbols in public schools - Belgium (PDF 33 kB)
Ban of headscarf at school before the Council of State

Handout presentation Prof. Eva Brems workshop gender and religion (PDF 60 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Discussion paper workshop age discrimination (PDF 106 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 1.668 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Romania (PDF 132 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Romania (PDF 1.579 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - The Netherlands (PDF 121 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 119 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 1.163 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 108 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 93 kB)
State of affairs up to 10 January 2009

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 135 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 1.478 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 95 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 1.207 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 107 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 119 kB)
State of affairs up to 17 June 2009

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Bulgaria (PDF 96 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 149 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 1.570 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

Complaint to European Commission regarding inadequate funding of national equality body - Ireland (PDF 25 kB)

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 1.414 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 1.213 kB)
State of affairs up to 17 June 2009

2008 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Bulgaria (PDF 1.196 kB)
State of affairs up to 31 December 2008

Powerpoint presentation Prof. Hege Skjeie workshop gender and religion (PDF 1.140 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Powerpoint presentation Prof. Eva Brems workshop gender and religion (PDF 1.527 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Discussion paper workshop gender and religion (PDF 115 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. Hege Skjeie workshop gender and religion (PDF 290 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Discussion paper workshop legal developments Roma (PDF 122 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Powerpoint presentation Mr. David Strupek workshop legal developments Roma (PDF 45 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Mr. David Strupek workshop legal developments Roma (PDF 52 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. Stephen Whittle workshop transgender people (PDF 668 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October Brussels

Handout presentation Mr. Silvan Agius workshop transgender people (PDF 294 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October Brussels

Audio presentation Prof. Hege Skjeie workshop gender and religion (mp3 26 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Audio presentation Prof. Eva Brems workshop gender and religion (mp3 36 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Discussion paper workshop equality and other fundamental rights (PDF 110 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Powerpoint presentation Prof. Emmanuelle Bribosia workshop equality and other fundamental rights (PDF 53 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. Maleiha Malik workshop equality and other fundamental rights (PDF 608 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. Emmanuelle Bribosia workshop equality and other fundamental rights (PDF 65 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Audio presentation Mr. David Strupek on discrimination against Roma: legal developments (mp3 31 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Powerpoint presentation Mr. Declan O'Dempsey workshop age discrimination (PDF 24 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Audio presentation Mr. Declan O'Dempsey workshop age discrimination (mp3 68 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Audio presentation Prof. Mark Freedland workshop age discrimination (mp3 35 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Declan O'Dempsey workshop age discrimination (PDF 20 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. Mark Freedland workshop age discrimination (PDF 33 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Powerpoint presentation Dr. Eugenia Torella workshop access to goods and services (PDF 45 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Discussion paper workshop access to goods and services (PDF 111 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Powerpoint presentation Prof. Aileen McColgan workshop access to goods and services (PDF 65 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Audio presentation Aileen McColgan workshop access to goods and services (mp3 15 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Audio presentation Eugenia Torella workshop access to goods and services (mp3 35 min)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Eugenia Torella workshop access to goods and services (PDF 35 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. Aileen McColgan workshop access to goods and services (PDF 34 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Handout presentation Prof. David Oppenheimer (University of California) (PDF 1.250 kB)
Legal seminar 6 October 2009 Brussels

Agenda legal seminar 2009 (PDF 81 kB)

The Human Rights Committee deems that there has been a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Spain in the case of Rosalind Williams - Spain (PDF 37 kB)

The Flemish Community prohibits visible religious and philosophical symbols at school - Belgium (PDF 34 kB)
The Flemish Education Council prohibits the wearing of visible religious and philosophical symbols in the 700 public schools of the Flemish Community

Federal Constitutional Court dismisses objection against “stepchild-adoption” - Germany (PDF 42 kB)
Constitutionality of provision which allows for “stepchild-adoption” in registered same-sex partnerships

The ruling of the administrative section of the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat, section du contentieux administratif) - Belgium (PDF 33 kB)
The Council of State overrules the dismissal of a teacher of Islamic religion because she refused to take off her headscarf when leaving her classroom and while still being in the school’s premises

The ruling of the Labour Court in the Feryn case - Belgium (PDF 33 kB)
Direct discrimination and burden of proof – Decision of the Labour Court after the preliminary ruling of the ECJ in the Feryn case

The condemnation of the chairman of the “Front National” for incitation of hatred did not violate his right to free speech- Belgium (PDF 41 kB)
Did Belgium violate Article 10 of the ECHR by condemning Mr. Féret, the chairman of the extreme-right wing political party “Front National” and member of the House of Representatives, for incitation of hatred and hate speech?

Actions in annulment against the Flemish Decree of 10 July 2008 and the Ordinance of the Region of Brussels-Capital of 4 September 2008, launched by a trade union organisation (PDF 48 kB)
Two decisions of the Constitutional Court of 16 July 2009 concerning the actions in annulment against the Flemish Decree of 10 July 2008, establishing a Framework Decree for the Flemish equal opportunities and equal treatment policy, and the Ordinance of the Region of Brussels-Capital of 4 September 2008 related to the fight against discrimination and equal treatment in the employment field

Adoption by same-sex couples - Germany (PDF 32 kB)
Right of same-sex couples to adopt a child

Harsh criticism of Asylum system is not protected as “belief” - Austria (PDF 31 kB)
Harassment – public service

Court of Cassation Criminal Chamber, 7 April 2009 no M 08-88.017, No 2074, in appeal from Nîmes Court of Appeal, Lenormand vs Balenci, no 08/00907 of 6 November 2008 (PDF 32 kB)
Whether Article 225-2 of the Penal Code prohibiting discrimination on the ground of age in access to goods and services, precludes an insurer from taking age into account when evaluating risks

Court of Cassation, 30 April 2009, no 914 FS-P+B (PDF 46 kB)
Whether the maximum limit of redundancy conventional indemnity to a maximum indemnity corresponding to twelve years of seniority in employment is equivalent to an indirect discrimination on the ground of age

Decree no 2009-560 of 20 May 2009 imposing minimum quotas of employees over 50 (PDF 25 kB)
Implementation of quantitative objectives of senior employment

Aktas, Bayrak et al. c. France, nos 43563/08, 14308/08, 18527/08, 29134/08, 25463/08, 27561/08 (PDF 63 kB)
Conformity of the French Law of 15 March 2004 and article L141-5 of the Code of Education prohibiting religious symbols at schools with the principle of freedom of religion provided by article 9 EHRC

Adecco, Districom and Garnier, Court of Cassation, no 07-85109, 23 June 2009 (PDF 39 kB)
Evidence requirements of the offence of subordinating an employment offer to a discriminatory condition in order to give rise to the criminal and civil liability of partner corporations

Amendment of the Hungarian Equal Treatment Act (PDF 32 kB)
Equal Treatment Authority’s decisions may be altered or annulled by Minister exercising supervisory powers over the Authority

Conseil d’Etat April 4, 2009 no 311888, El Haddioui - France (PDF 31 KB)
Annulment of an interview and selection procedure for the post of Police Commissar, on the grounds of the questions asked during the interview and their discriminatory content

Conseil d’Etat no 311434, 08/04/2009 - France (PDF 32 kB)
The extent of the State’s obligation as regards access of disabled children to education

Poitier Court of Appeal, 17 February, 2009, no 123, File no 08/00461 - France (PDF 32 kB)
Evaluation of recruitment criteria in regards of age discrimination

Tribunal de Grande Instance de St-Etienne, 3 February 2009, no 304/09, SOS Racisme vs. Metropole habitat - France (PDF 32 kB)
The management by a social housing corporation of the “social mix” legal requirement in access to housing by monitoring origin is not a violation of the Criminal prohibition of racial discrimination, but constitutes the offence of subordinating access to housing to a discriminatory ground, and leads to the criminal liability of the social housing corporation.

Report and recommendations for Diversity and Equal Opportunities by the Commissioner to Diversity and Equal Opportunities, Mr. Yasid Sabeg, May 2009 France (PDF 32 kB)
The President of the Republic appointed Mr. Yasid Sabeg as Commissioner to Diversity and Equal Opportunities to make recommendations for a global action plan

Administrative Tribunal of Paris, 27 April, 2009, no 0905233/9, Said (PDF 33 kB)
Pre-trial injunctory relief ordering re-integration in the public adult education system of an adult student wearing the veil, on the basis of the emergency for plaintiff to pursue her courses for the purpose of her professional plans

Iberia Airline is found guilty of indirect discrimination against three deaf people - Spain (PDF 32 kB)
The airline Iberia has been found guilty of not allowing three unaccompanied deaf people to fly and must change its Flight Operation Manual because it is deemed indirectly discriminatory against disabled people

Dismissal of a worker because of his sexual orientation - Spain (PDF 30 kB)
Invalid dismissal in Aerolíneas Argentinas due to infringement of the fundamental rights of a homosexual employee

Appeal on issues on law against the acquittal of an anti-Semitic writer - Greece (PDF 24 kB)
Inconsistency of Greek authorities in implementing anti-racism law

Greek court annulled same-sex marriages (PDF 24 kB)
Right to social protection without discrimination

Supreme Administrative Court Decision on indirect discrimination case - Czech Republic (PDF 38 kB)
The Court did not found the provisions on common taxation of married couples indirectly discriminatory, but decided that the same provisions were applied unlawfully by the Tax Office.

Equality Body decision on discriminatory treatment of a Turkish Cypriot upon the issue of a birth certificate and passport for his son (PDF 53 kB)
The Equality Body finds unlawful discrimination in the procedure followed by the District Administration in the issue of birth certificate and passport for Turkish Cypriots.

Equality Body decision on the accessibility of infrastructure for persons with disabilities - Cyprus PDF (45 kB)
The Equality Body finds unlawful discrimination in the decision of a building’s management firm to deny to a person with a disability access to the communal disabled toilet.

Equality Body decision on the right of a person who acquired a disability after the age of 65 to receive public benefit - Cyprus PDF (54 kB)
The Equality Body finds that the age limit of 65 set in the definition of the term “person with disability” as regards a public benefit scheme amounts to unlawful discrimination.

Equality Body finds that the state pension law contains unlawful discrimination on the ground of age - Cyprus PDF (53 kB)
The Equality Body finds unlawful discrimination in a provision of the state pension law which provides that public servants aged under 45 who choose to take early retirement lose significant benefits.

Equality Body recommends the adoption of special measures in order to implement the right to education of the Maronite community - Cyprus (PDF 53 kB)
The Equality Body finds that positive action which deviates from the equality principle is necessary in order to safeguard the Maronites’ right to be taught their language, history and culture by Maronite teachers.

Equality Body decision on the teachers’ union circular regarding the visits of Turkish Cypriot pupils and teachers to Greek Cypriot schools (PDF 65 kb)
The Equality Body finds unlawful discrimination in the instructions issued by the teachers’ union to its members to oppose visits by Turkish Cypriots to primary schools.

Racial inclusion in education - Bulgaria (PDF 58 kB)
School desegregation; language instruction rights

Inclusive education of students with disabilities - Bulgaria (PDF 65 kB)
inclusive schools and kindergartens

Ban of religious symbols in schools - Bulgaria (57 kB)
Religious symbols in school ban

Enforcement and role of equality bodies: best practices? (PDF 71 kB)
Discussion Paper Legal Seminar 25 November 2008

Durchsetzung und die Rolle von Gleichbehandlungsstellen: Bewährte Verfahren? (PDF 84 kB)
Diskussionspapier Rechtsseminar am 25. November 2008

Mise en fonction et role des organismes de promotion de l'egalite de traitement: les meilleures pratiques? (PDF 85 kB)
Document de reflexion Séminaire juridique du 25 novembre 2008

Postive actions / Positive duties (PDF 75 kB)
Discussion Paper Legal Seminar 25 November 2008

Postive Maßnahmen / Positive Pflichten (PDF 88 kB)
Diskussionspapier Rechtsseminar am 25. November 2008

Actions positives / Obligations positives (PDF 86 kB)
Document de reflexion Séminaire juridique du 25 novembre 2008

Exceptions to the principle of discrimination: what justification? (PDF 66 kB)
Discussion Paper Legal Seminar 25 November 2008

Ausnahmen vom Grundsatz der Nichtdiskriminierung: Welche Rechtfertigung? (PDF 78 kB)
Diskussionspapier Rechtsseminar am 25. November 2008

Exceptions au principe de discriminaton: quelle justification? (PDF 76 kB)
Document de reflexion Séminaire juridique du 25 novembre 2008

Reasonable accomodation (PDF 71 kB)
Discussion Paper Legal Seminar 25 November 2008

Angemessene Vorkehrungen (PDF 85 kB)
Diskussionspapier Rechtsseminar am 25. November 2008

L'amenagement raisonnable (PDF 81 kB)
Document de reflexion Séminaire juridique du 25 novembre 2008

Indirect discrimination (PDF 73 kB)
Discussion Paper Legal Seminar 25 November 2008

Mittelbare Diskriminierung (PDF 87 kB)
Diskussionspapier Rechtsseminar am 25. November 2008

La discrimination indirecte (PDF 85 kB)
Document de reflexion Séminaire juridique du 25 novembre 2008

Multiple discrimination and potential conflicts between grounds (PDF 69 kB)
Discussion paper Legal Seminar 25 November 2008

Mehrfachdiskriminierung und mögliche Konflikte zwischen Merkmalen (PDF 82 kB)
Diskussionspapier Rechtsseminar am 25. November 2008

Discrimination multiple et conflits potentiels entre les motifs (PDF 78 kB)
Document de reflexion Séminaire juridique du 25 novembre 2008

2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 176 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 141 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Portugal (PDF 735 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 113 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 127 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Spain (PDF 1.104 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 144 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

Religious symbols in courts (PDF 30 kB)
Danish legally trained judges prohibited from wearing religious or political symbols

First decision of the Czech Constitutional court regarding discrimination on the ground of age (PDF 32 kB)
The Constitutional court cancelled the rulings of ordinary courts, because they did not apply the shift of the burden of proof

National legislation implementing Community Anti-discrimination acquis was passed (PDF 31 kB)
The Deputy Chamber of the Czech Parliament overturned veto of Czech president

Decree extending the material scope of the Decree of the Walloon Region of 6 November 2008 on the fight against certain forms of discrimination (PDF 34 kB)
Publication in the Official Journal of the Decree of the Walloon Region of 19 March 2009 amending and extending the Decree of the Walloon Region of 6 November 2008 on the fight against certain forms of discrimination, (including discrimination between women and men, in the field of economy, employment and vocational training) to all the fields of competences of the Walloon Region and renaming it as the Decree on the fight against certain forms of discrimination

Ordinance of 19 March 2009 modifying the Ordinance of 17 July 2003 creating the Brussels Housing Code (PDF 34 kB)
Publication in the Official Journal of the Ordinance of the Region of Brussels-Capital implementing Directives 2000/43/EC in social housing

Limites et potentiel du concept de discrimination indirecte (PDF 2.014 kB)
septembre 2008

Limits and potential of the concept of indirect discrimination (PDF 2.039 kB)
September 2008

Grenzen und Möglichkeiten des Konzepts der mittelbaren Diskriminierung (PDF 1.950 kB)
September 2008

Des catalyseurs du changement? (PDF 818 kB)
Les organismes de promotion de l’égalité de traitement aux termes de la directive 2000/43/CE — Existence, indépendance et effi cacité mars 2006

Catalysts for Change? (PDF 1.919 kB)
Equality bodies according to Directive 2000/43/EC - existence, independence and effectiveness March 2006

Katalysatoren für den Wandel? (PDF 876 kB)
Gleichbehandlungsstellen gemäß Richtlinie 2000/43/EG – ihre Existenz, Unabhängigkeit und Wirksamkeit März 2006

Equal Treatment Authority establishes discrimination on the grounds of age (PDF 32 kB)
Violation of the principle of equal pay for equal work

Amendment of laws setting criteria for receiving state support and participating in public procurement proceedings (PDF 31 kB)
Powers of Equal Treatment Authority reduced through legislative amendment

Age differentiation in social plans (redundancy program) (PDF 24 kB)
Permissibility of age differentiation in social plans

The Council of State eludes the issue of the legality of the ban of religious symbols in public schools (PDF 32 kB)
Ban of conspicuous religious symbols at school before the Council of State

Convention on the rights of persons with Disabilities (PDF 449 kB)
Adopted 13 December 2006

European Union Consolidated Versions of the Treaty on European Union and of the Treaty establishing the European Community
incorporating the amendments made by the Treaty of Athens, signed on 16 April 2003

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No. 11 (PDF 180 kB)
with Protocol Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13 September 2003

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2000/78/EC (PDF 129 kB)
establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation 27 November 2000

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2000/43/EC (PDF 117 kB)
implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin 29 June 2000

Belgium sentenced before the European Court of Human Rights for police violence and racial discrimination (pdf 76 Kb)
Belgium has been hold responsible for violating Article 3 and Article 14 combined with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR/the Convention), in a Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR/ the Court) of 10 March 2009

Campaign for change of constitutional equality guarantee (pdf 24 Kb)
Amendment of constitutional equality guarantee (sexual identity)

Age limit for entrance in civil service (pdf 33 Kb)
Teacher is not employed as civil servant because of exceeding age limit of 35 years

Age limit for service of official expert (pdf 34 Kb)
Appointment of official expert is limited to the age of 68 with possibility of one-time extension to the age of 71

Questions of religious discrimination (pdf 37 Kb)
Employment

DEC-E2009-011 An Employee –v- A Limited Company 27.4 (pdf 31 Kb)
Discrimination in selection for redundancy

Eagle Star v Equality Tribunal and Hugh O'Neill and Bernadette Treanor, 18 March 2009 (pdf 31 Kb)
Jurisdiction of Equality Authority

Scope Dutch Disability Discrimination Act extended (pdf 33 Kb)
The Dutch parliament passed a bill which extends the scope of the Equal Treatment Act regarding Disability/ Chronic illness to the fields of housing and education

‘Burkini’ not prohibited in swimming pool (pdf 33 Kb)
A body-covering swimming suit for women, worn because of religious conviction, may not be prohibited in swimming pools.

Roma mediators in Town Halls (pdf 31 Kb)
Participation of Roma as mediators in Town Halls

Homosexual policemen discriminated (PDF 31 kB)
Revision of the Police forces statutes

Discrimination on grounds of race/ethnicity (PDF 49 kB)
Whether or not resettlement of a Roma family to a former refugee centre and preventing members of the family to return to their land constitutes discrimination.

Discrimination in terminal leave payment (PDF 31 kB)
Retirement payments based on different legal bases without any justified reason constitute discrimination

Age Discrimination in Employment (PDF 33 kB)
Termination of employment contract and offer of a new employment contract on the grounds of upcoming retirement constitutes age discrimination

Long-Awaited Codifying Equality Bill Introduced into UK Parliament (PDF 75 kB)
New legislation

The New Comprehensive Discrimination Act (PDF 54 kB)
new legislation

UK Considering Whether to Amend its Existing Disability Discrimination Law To Prohibit Indirect Discrimination on the Grounds of Disability (PDF 32 kB)
Whether Indirect Discrimination on the Grounds of Disability Should be Prohibited In Place of the Current UK ban on ‘Disability-Related’ Treatment

Local councils may take action to remove Traveller and Gypsy families occupying unauthorised sites (PDF 31 kB)
Whether a local authority could take action to force compliance with enforcement notices to remove Irish Traveller and Gypsy families who are resident on unauthorised sites.

Amendment of the law to allow the marriage of same-sex couples (PDF 61 kB)
Marriage of same-sex couples

The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission faces Internal Conflict and External Criticism (PDF 32 kB)
The functioning, policies and effectiveness of the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission.

National equality body intervenes in debate generated by the proposal of a Romanian newspaper to enforce the use of 'tigan’ (Gypsy) over ‘rom’ (Roma) (PDF 47 kB)
The Romanian National Council on Combating Discrimination issued a position responding to wide controversies generated by the proposal of the newspaper Jurnalul National to gather signatures needed for a popular legislative initiative prohibiting the use of the ‘Roma’ and replacing it with the term ‘Gypsy’

Liability for inaccessible public building (PDF 30 kB)
Inaccessible polling station

Equality Body criticizes the reluctance of the police to implement the anti-racial legislation (PDF 52 kB)
The Equality Body examines the handling by the police of a racial attack against migrants and finds that the police demonstrated reluctance in prosecuting the offenders for offences related to racial motive and in recording the event as a racial incident.

Equality Body Report criticizes the handling of a racist attack by the police and by the school authorities (PDF 60 kB)
The Equality Body investigated the racist attack against a black pupil by other pupils and criticised the refusal of the school authorities as well as of the police to address and take measures against racism.

Labour Court Case 2009 nr 16. The Ombudsman Against Discrimination (PDF 31 kB)
Denied employment because of “over qualification” and personality issues

Executive Order of February 3, 2009 PARP (PDF 24 kB)
Executive order putting in place financial support for higher education students of foreign nationality who are permanently residing in France

Criminal Chamber of the Cour de Cassation, no 08-83710 of January 20, 2009 (PDF 31 kB)
Employment offer requiring that candidates present their electoral registration papers

Termination of employment because of retirement age - Supreme Court Resolution (PDF 43 kB)
Whether reaching retirement age may be a sole reason for termination of the labour contract

MP Geert Wilders prosecuted for discriminatory speech (PDF 37 kB)
The Court of Appeal orders criminal prosecution of MP Geert Wilders

Sentenced for “hailing”, critical court ruling (PDF 42 kB)
The members of ONR (Obóz Narodowo Radykalny, National-Radical Camp, a right wing organization) were sentenced to six months in prison suspended for three years and the ban to raise hands in the Fascist gesture (“hailing”)

Settlement in the case of access of blind person with guide dog to services (PDF 50 kB)
Access of blind person with guide dog to services

Unfair dismissal of elder employees by Polish Radio S.A (PDF 59 kB)
Unfair dismissal in employment - indirect discrimination

Implementation of measures to promote accessibility to information for visually impaired people (PDF 33 kB)
Labelling of goods in Braille at the retail sector

2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 135 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cypres (PDF 160 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

The Employment Appeals Tribunal underlines the need to demonstrate group disadvantage for the establishment of indirect discrimination (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

UK House of Lords limits scope of UK Disability Discrimination Law (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Disciplining of a local authority official for refusing to register same-sex civil partnerships does not constitute religious discrimination (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Amendment of the Civil Procedure Code introducing the right to act as third party in court proceedings (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Job advertisement stating that a company is searching for young managers is discriminatory on the grounds of age (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The lack of reasonable accommodation regarding meals offered by the employer constitutes indirect discrimination on the grounds of religion (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Refusal to serve a blind person accompanied by a guide dog in a restaurant constitutes indirect discrimination (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Court of Appeal’s decision on refusal to sell a puppy to a homosexual person (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Supreme Court decides on situation testing in restaurants and night clubs (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

New Discrimination Act enters into force (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Bucharest Court of Appeal sets aside a decision of the national equality body and rules against segregation of the Roma in education (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Constitutional Court rules against the national equality body (NCDD) (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Constitutional Court rules in favour of the national equality body (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional the enforcement of some provisions of the anti-discrimination law by the courts (PDF 214 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

First instance trial of 36 members of a Nazi group for racist crimes and other offences (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Implementation of measures to promote access to information by visually impaired people (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

District Court sentence for using the Nazi salute (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Settlement in the case of access of a blind person with a guide dog to services(PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Unfair dismissal of older employees by Polish Radio S.A. (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Labour Code amendments improving the transposition of EC anti-discrimination directives (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Equal Treatment Commission’s Opinion on whether police officers should always wear their uniform, given that Dutch rules on police uniform forbid visual religious expressions (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

District Court rules that the rejection of an applicant because he refused to shake hands with persons of the opposite sex is justified (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Amendments to the Law on Consumer Protection prohibiting discrimination in access to goods and services based on race/ethnic origin and gender (PDF 229 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Adoption of legislation allowing accompanying dogs for persons with all types of disabilities to enter public places (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Dissemination of information on anti-discrimination issues (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

First court case on ethnic profiling rejected (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Compatibility with equal treatment rules of the Decree on control of ‘nomadic communities’ (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Failure to provide reasonable accommodation during job interview (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Large compensation to victim of harassment due to sexual orientation (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Future inability of the Equality Authority to carry out its core functions under anti-discrimination directives (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Equal Treatment Authority dismisses a discrimination claim due to the lack of a causal link between the protected characteristic and the disadvantage suffered (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Equal Treatment Authority establishes discrimination in the field of access to goods and services on the ground of ethnic origin (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Court of Cassation rules on legal person’s liability for instructions to discriminate (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

First employment tribunal decision recognising discrimination by association (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

First administrative court decision implementing the duty of reasonable accommodation as regards the rules on appointment in the interest of the public service (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Human Rights Plan adopted by the Council of Ministers (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority fines insurance firm for sexual orientation discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Schoolchildren are finally able to avoid attendance at religious education classes (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Adoption of the Law on Equal Treatment (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Economic costs of anti-discrimination legislation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Age limit for physicians revoked (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

District Court decision recognises discriminatory patterns in the provision of alternative housing (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Lack of reasonable accommodation for a candidate with a disability at written examinations for entrance to the civil service (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Employment Tribunal claims lack of jurisdiction over a claim regarding age discrimination in a job advertisement (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Supreme Court acknowledges as absolute the positive duty of public authorities to ensure access to public buildings, built infrastructure and means of transport by people with disabilities (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

The Constitutional Court rejects a petition submitted by the Government of the French Community to overturn the Flemish wooncode (Housing Code) (PDF 284 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

President of the National Front resigns after anti-Semitic singing (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Ordinance of the Region of Brussels-Capital implementing Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC in the area of competence of the Region of Brussels-Capital relating to public service (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Ordinance of the Region of Brussels-Capital of 4 September 2008 relating to the fight against discrimination and equal treatment in the field of employment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Flemish Decree adopted on 10 July 2008 establishing a Framework Decree for a Flemish equal opportunities and equal treatment policy (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Immunity suspended for Freedom Party MP to allow criminal proceedings for incitement to racial hatred (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

First criminal conviction for racial hatred e-mail (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Province of Vorarlberg expands protection beyond the minimum requirements of the Directive (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 8 | July 2009

Revue de la législation européenne relative à l’anti-discrimination (PDF 3.977 kB)
Edition No. 6/7 | octobre 2008

European Anti-Discrimination Law Review (PDF 3.175 kB)
Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Europäische Zeitschrift zum Antidiskriminierungsrecht (PDF 3.827 kB)
Ausgabe Nr. 6/7 | Oktober 2008

Dismissal on the ground that an employee is too young held to be unlawful age discrimination (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Reforms to UK legislation announced (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Comprehensive amendment of the Anti-discrimination Act (PDF 215 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

New comprehensive discrimination law adopted by the parliament (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Status of the recommendation of the national equality body on the display of religious symbols in state schools (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Limitation of national equality body (NCCD) mandate through secondary legislation (PDF 142 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Racist crimes proceedings (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

First case lodged in Polish court on access of blind person with guide dog to services (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Draft law on Equal Treatment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Establishment of new institution – Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Registrars obliged to marry same-sex couples (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Covenant between four major cities in the promotion of equal rights for homosexuals (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Incitement to racial hatred (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Discrimination of Roma people (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Anti-discrimination legislation improved with regard to harmonising with EU directives (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Law no 2008-561 of 17 June 2008 relating to the reform of the statute of limitations (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Law completing transposition of EC anti-discrimination directives (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Government bills to correct the transposition of Directive 2000/43/EC (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Spain ratifies Protocol nº 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Establishment of an equality body (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Anti-discrimination draft legislation update (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Equality body rules age limit unlawful in spite of existence of a legitimate aim, because the means used are not proportionate and necessary (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Equality body’s first decision on sexual orientation discrimination (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Religious interference in university (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Hate speech ruling (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Code of conduct for Muslim patients in Flanders (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Severe prison sentences for Molotov cocktail against African prostitutes (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Amendments to basic Federal anti – discrimination legislation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 157 kB)
State of affairs up to 29 February 2008

2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 133 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – United Kingdom (PDF 1.816 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovakia (PDF 124 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovakia (PDF 122 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Slovakia (PDF 1.230 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 114 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 98 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Slovenia (PDF 1.107 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 134 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 119 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Sweden (PDF 1.135 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Romania (PDF 123 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Romania (PDF 103 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Romania (PDF 1.814 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 164 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 142 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Poland (PDF 1.494 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 130 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Netherlands (1.714 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 133 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 108 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Malta (PDF 927 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 130 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 113 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Latvia (PDF 1.060 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 94 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 99 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Luxembourg (PDF 865 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF 134 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF 120 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Italy (PDF 848 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 158 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 124 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Ireland (PDF 1.574 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 131 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 108 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Hungary (PDF 1.690 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 158 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 134 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – France (PDF 1.480 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 120 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 97 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Finland (PDF 1.096 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 106 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 93 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Greece (PDF 1.102 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 109 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 94 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Estonia (PDF 1.160 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 111 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Denmark (PDF 913 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 120 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 96 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Germany (PDF 1.068 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 118 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 100 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Czech Republic (PDF 1.066 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cyprus (PDF 124 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Cyprus (PDF 2.050 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Bulgaria (PDF 110 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Bulgaria (PDF 95 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Bulgaria (PDF 1.078 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 121 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 100 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Belgium (PDF 1.664 kB)
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2007 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 147 kB)
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2007 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 108 kB)
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2007 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Austria (PDF 1.014 kB)
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The application of the objective justification defence in the context of compulsory retirement ages by UK courts (PDF 215 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Reviewed decision of the District Court in Michalovce on Roma discrimination in access to local bar-restaurant (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Advocate of the Principle of Equality Report 2007 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Agreement between Ministry of Justice and Islamic Community (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Discrimination in Employment due to Belief (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Amended Labour Relations Act (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Controversial Draft Law on Regulating the Status of Erased People (210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Discriminatory requirements in employment for civil servants (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Religious discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Discrimination against Roma in housing (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Amendments to legislation (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Supreme Court rejects the claim in case concerning employment discrimination based on nationality (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Court verdict in case of dismissal for publishing guide for teachers ‘Compass – Education on Human Rights’ (PDF 214 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Amendments to the Law on Equal Treatment (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Indirect discrimination on grounds of race by Dublin Vocational Education Committee (PDF 142 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Direct discrimination in a club due to exclusion of Roma customers from access to goods and services (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Direct discrimination in recruitment against Roma applicants (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Revision of first instance judgment due to misinterpretation of rules of the Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of Equal Opportunities (ETA) (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Second instance court decision in Roma school segregation case (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Recommendation to reform the legal regime applicable to national Romani populations under the name of travellers (gens du voyage) (PDF 282 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Combating homophobia is a matter of public interest (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Discriminatory management practice on the ground of origin (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

The committee working on the reform of the Finnish equality law publishes its interim report (PDF 214 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Amendment of the Civil Servant Act by insertion of an express reference to sexual orientation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Regulation of the “Council for the promotion of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin” (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Foreign Affairs Ministry not in conformity with anti-discrimination law (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Supreme Court proclaims as unconstitutional provisions that permit release from service solely due to age (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

New comprehensive draft equality legislation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Indirect discrimination on race/ethnicity - violation of the Act on Equal Treatment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Sexual orientation harassment (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Chamber of Federal Constitutional Court grants family allowance to spouses and not to registered same-sex couples (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Justification of discrimination on the ground of religion (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Difference in retirement age depending on number of children raised not discriminatory (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Condition of minimum age as a requirement for appointment of judge discriminatory (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Equality body exemplifies extent of the employer’s duty to provide reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Supreme Court rejects application for referral to ECJ for interpretation of Racial Equality Directive (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Amendment to disability law transposes burden of proof and duty of reasonable accommodation requirements (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Racial profiling in police reporting of crime (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Racial segregation in school (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Exclusion of older people from access to adoption services (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Discrimination against ethnic minority children and children with disabilities in special schools (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Race discrimination in refusal of urgent medical aid (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Age discrimination in refusal of health insurance for infants (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Sentence for physical assault with racist insults (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Maintaining the corporate image can justify the firing of a sales woman who has started to wear the hidjab at work (PDF 282 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Incitement to racism and insults by the police – ex-superintendent convicted of racism (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

The French Community Commission transposes equal treatment Directives (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Adoption of an agreement on the concept of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities between the Federal State, the Communities and the Regions (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Administrative High Court ruling on limits of reasonable accommodation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Supreme Court decisions on age discrimination (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 6/7 | October 2008

Au-delà de l’égalité formelle (PDF 922 kB)
L’action positive au titre des directives 2000/43/CE et 2000/78/CE juin 2007

Beyond Formal Equality (PDF 1.381 kB)
Positive Action under Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC June 2007

Mehr als formale Gleichstellung (PDF 1.020 kB)
Positive Maßnahmen nach den Richtlinien 2000/43/EG und 2000/78/EG Juni 2007

Égalité des droits ou droits spécifiques? (PDF 690 kB)
La protection des minorités et l’interdiction de discrimination juin 2007

Equal Rights versus Special Rights? (PDF 1.057 kB)
Minority Protection and the Prohibition of Discrimination June 2007

Gleiche Rechte oder Sonderrechte? (PDF 730 kB)
Der Minderheitenschutz und das Diskriminierungsverbot Juni 2007

Le développement de la législation contre les discriminations en Europe (pdf 11.036 Kb)
Une comparaison entre les 25 États membres de l’Union juillet 2007

Developing anti-discrimination law in Europe (PDF 1.431 kB)
The 25 EU Member States compared July 2007

Entwicklung des Antidiskriminierungsrechts in Europa (PDF 5.357 kB)
Ein Vergleich in den 25 EU-Mitgliedstaaten Juli 2007

2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 126 kB)
State of affairs up to 08 January 2007

2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 105 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – United Kingdom (PDF 575 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 114 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 94 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Sweden (PDF 291 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Spain (PDF 104 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 100 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Spain (PDF 263 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 94 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 82 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Slovenia (PDF 606 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Slovakia (PDF 94 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovakia (PDF 82 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Slovakia (PDF 465 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Portugal (PDF 104 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 90 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Portugal (PDF 331 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 109 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 97 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Poland (PDF 564 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 109 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 94 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Netherlands (PDF 622 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Malta (PDF 94 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 84 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Malta (PDF 268 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg PDF (92 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 82 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Luxembourg (PDF 241 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Lithuania (PDF 103 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Lithuania (PDF 92 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Lithuania (PDF 372 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Latvia (PDF 104 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 93 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Latvia (PDF 400 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Italy (PDF 106 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF 95 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Italy (PDF 312 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 104 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Ireland (PDF 126 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Ireland (PDF 555 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Hungary (PDF 102 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 90 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Hungary (PDF 519 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Greece (PDF 94 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 83 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Greece (PDF 409 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Germany (PDF 105 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 93 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Germany (PDF 500 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 128 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 114 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – France (PDF 462 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Finland (PDF 101 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 90 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Finland (PDF 360 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Estonia (PDF 92 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 81 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Estonia (PDF 411 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Denmark (PDF 103 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 92 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Denmark (PDF 388 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 90 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 80 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Czech Republic (PDF 431 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination -Cyprus (PDF 126 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cyprus (PDF 102 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Cyprus (PDF 806 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 139 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 120 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Belgium (PDF 650 kB)
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2006 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 90 kB)
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2006 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 113 kB)
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2006 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Austria (PDF 134 kB)
State of affairs up to 08 January 2007

Revue de la législation européenne relative à l’anti-discrimination (PDF 2.349 kB)
Edition No. 5 | juillet 2007

European Anti-Discrimination Law Review (PDF 2.321 kB)
Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Europäische Zeitschrift zum Antidiskriminierungsrecht (PDF 2.452 kB)
Ausgabe Nr. 5 | Juli 2007

Preliminary Reference on disability discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Aziz v CPS [2006] EWCA Civ 1136 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Discrimination for non-membership of a Masonic Order constitutes discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan Council (Employment Tribunal 1801450/06), 19 October 2006 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

New disability discrimination duties for pblic authorities enter into force (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

New disability discrimination laws in higher education enter in force (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

UK age discrimination regulations enter into force (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Extension of protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation to the provision of goods and services, housing, the performance of public functions and education (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Media controversy shapes decisions on equality issues (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

R (on the application of X) v Headteachers and Governors of School [2007] EWHC 298 (Admin) (211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Discrimination cases stir up debate about the wearing of religious symbols in the UK (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

First decision of the Slovak court applying the Anti-discrimination Act of 20 May 2004 which transposed the Directives into Slovakian law (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Supreme Court judgment in case T 400_06,The State v. Lönn and Midander (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Convictions for racially motivated murder,Criminal Court of Fundão (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Violence against a transsexual (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Prime Minister announces disability-specific measures for the period 2007-2009 (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Government Decree 163/2006 on accessibility for the disabled (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Law 46/2006 of 28 August 2006 prohibits and punishes discrimination based on disability and on aggravated risk to health (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Case of B.K. v “CZA-TA” Ltd. (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Supreme Court finds discrimination of disabled pupils involving transport to schools (212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Controversial court decision on refusal to admit pupil to Christian school (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Church-related institute allowed to refuse re-admission of student who co-habits with girlfriend (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Homosexual dancing couples denied access to dancing competition (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Indirect discrimination on the ground of religion: the refusal to shake hands with women and wearing the djellaba (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Discrimination in mortgage supply (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Amendment to the Disability Discrimination Act (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Report by Committee of experts on Article 1 of the Constitution (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Prohibition of the burqa (PDF 213 KB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Disabled children unable to take their medicines at school (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Appellate Court finds no discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in access to employment (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Discrimination and Victimisation prohibited in the State Civil Service (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Legal Standing to NGOs extended to enable representation of interests of individuals (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Parliament votes to include sexual orientation as an express prohibited ground of differential treatment in the Labour Law (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Parliament adopts two bills transposing Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

State examination of English language violates the Principle of Equal Treatment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Law on Citizenship violates the Principle of Equal Treatment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Decision no. 645 of Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale Friuli Venezia Giulia, 16 October 2006 (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

The Equality Authority’s role as amicus curiae (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Equal Treatment Advisory Body issues guidelines on the application of the Equal Treatment Act (ETA) in making the environment accessible for disabled people (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Equal Treatment Authority decision establishing discrimination with regard to accessibility of court building upheld on judicial review (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Challenge to Equal Treatment Authority decision finding discrimination in employment based on testing (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Equal Treatment Authority condemns company for calling off job interview with visually impaired lawyer (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Amendments to Equal Treatment Act entered into force on 1 January 2007 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Claims relating to the revocation of administrative authorisation giving access to the secured zone at Charles De Gaulle/Roissy Airport to 72 Muslim workers (PDF 215 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Halde decision on refusal of access to healthcare of 6 November 2006 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Ministry of Education and National Commission on data protection authorise collection of nominative data on French citizens of foreign origin (second generation) (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Court decides age discrimination case, interpreting the burden of proof rule (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Finland launches a process to evaluate its equality laws (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Controversial court decision on separation of sexes in school classrooms (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Estonian draft legislation: official status for sign language (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Decision of the City Court of Frederiksberg from 1 December 2006 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Decision of the City Court of Randers from 20 December 2006 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

First Complaints Committee case turned down by High Court (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

No discrimination on grounds of disability in case of dismissal of employee with multiple sclerosis (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Legislative amendment permitting differential treatment for the under 18s enters into force (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

New Anti-discrimination complaint body (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Charter of Diversity (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Preliminary reference on age discrimination (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Preliminary reference concerning pensions and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Act implementing Directives 2000/43, 2000/78, 2002/73 and 2004/113 (PDF 221 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Status Anti-discrimination Bill (PDF 144 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Equality body interprets law against discrimination in vocational training on request of governmental body (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Equality body examines complaints of lack of suitable accommodation for dyslexic children in exams (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Equality Body rules that knowledge of Greek for an operating licence is discriminatory (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Amendment to the legislation which transposed the non-employment aspects of the Directive 2000/43 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Alleged ethnic discrimination in employment based on public statements by the employer (PDF 219 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Discrimination in employment on grounds of health (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Reform of the federal anti-discrimination legislation (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

First Case under new Equal Treatment legislation decided by Austrian Court (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 5 | July 2007

Europäische Zeitschrift zum Antidiskriminierungsrecht (PDF 3.003 kB)
Ausgabe Nr. 4 | November 2006

Revue de la législation européenne relative à l’anti-discrimination (PDF 2.861 kB)
Edition No. 4 | Novembre 2006

European Anti-Discrimination Law Review (PDF 2.902 kB)
Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Court of Appeal dismisses a race discrimination claim brought by an elected member of a far-right political party following his dismissal from employment (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Exemplary damages awarded in race discrimination case (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

House of Lords uphold school decision to exclude a girl for wearing a form of Islamic dress, which breached the school’s uniform code. (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Obligation to retain appearance of impartiality in adjudicating discrimination cases (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Government consultation on the extension of prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation to the provision of goods and services (PDF 76 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Government consultation on the extension of prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation to the provision of goods and services (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Equality Act 2006 establishes new Commission for Equality and Human Rights for Great Britain and expands the scope of equality law (PDF 147 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Disability Equality Duty Codes of Practice issued for Public Authorities (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Court of Appeal confirms role of Equality Commission in Northern Ireland to enforce positive equality duty (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Gay employee receives payment in settlement of sexual orientation discrimination case (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Disability Rights Commission issues interim report into inequalities in health care (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

The Slovak Government brought down by controversy over proposed treaties on right to exercise conscientious objection (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Supreme Court case on incitement to hatred against homosexuals (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Swedish Labour Court decision on discriminatory language requirements (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

New Act prohibiting discrimination in basic education (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Right to wear a head-scarf in schools (PDF 145 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Inquiry Commission proposes a ‘Single Non-discrimination Act’ (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Changes to Nationality Law will reduce cases of discrimination on the grounds of nationality which often coincide with discrimination against ethnic minorities (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Extensive search by the police forces of a social housing quarter in Lisbon (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

District Court dismisses sexual orientation discrimination claim (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

First case establishing discrimination on grounds of disability (PDF 214 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Violent anti-semitic incidents (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Homophobic statements by the leaders of the League of Polish Families (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Annual Report of the Equal Treatment Commission reveals increase in discrimination complaints (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

School’s refusal to admit Islamic woman who would not shake hands with men constitutes indirect discrimination on the grounds of religion (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

New criminal law provisions against discrimination on the ground of disability (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Changes to the General Equal Treatment Act (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Publication of Equal Treatment Commission guidelines for internal complaints procedures (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Report by Committee of Experts on the extension of list of grounds in Constitution (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Report on formal or substantive systems of equality (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Amendments to Criminal Code to increase sentences for racially or religiously aggravated offences (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Bill on Amendments to the Labour Law (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Amendments to social security law (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

National Human Rights Office officially designated as Article 13 Body under Racial Equality Directive (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Law abolishing age limit on recruitment to civil service passed (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Opinion of the Council of State on draft legislation transposing Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 from 20 June 2006 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Opinion of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights on Bill no. 5518 transposing Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Age discrimination in motor insurance (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Governmental Regulation violates the principle of equal treatment (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Prohibition of photo exhibition of non-traditional families (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Supreme Administrative Court decides that the display of crucifixes in classrooms is not contrary to fundamental rights and religious freedom (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Amicus Curiae role for Equality Authority challenged (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Equality Authority granted the right to appear as Amicus Curiae to assist in enforcement of Directive 2000/43 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Successful appeal of court decision on action popularis claim concerning segregation of pupils (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Equal Treatment Authority establishes discrimination with regard to accessibility of court building (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Equal Treatment Authority establishes discrimination in employment based on testing (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

President returns legislation aimed at amendment of the Equal Treatment Act and the Disabled Persons Act to Parliament (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Decision of the Constitutional Council of 30 March 2006 on the Law on Equal Opportunities adopted on 8 March 2006 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Code of Criminal Procedure amended to incorporate the “transaction pénale” (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Law on Equal Opportunities adopted on 8 March 2006 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Discrimination testing experiment reveals systematic discrimination of Roma (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Constitutional Court decision on sexual orientation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Bill regulating the amendment of entries in official registers regarding people’s sex (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Bill recognising sign language and speech aid systems (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Bill on offences and sanctions in the field of equality for disabled people (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

First report of the Ombudsman on complaints under the Anti-Discrimination Law (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Changes to criminal law (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Parliament abolishes age as a basis for termination of employment contracts (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

New law to encourage employers to provide reasonable accommodation for unemployed disabled people (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Exception for young people under 18 from age discrimination principles (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Decision of the Federal German Administrative Court on equal treatment concerning employee benefits for homosexual partnerships (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Bill implementing Directives 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC, 2002/73/EC and 2004/113/EC (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Constitutional Court rules that the provision implementing burden of proof is not unconstitutional (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Law on Registered Partnerships (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Anti-discrimination bill did not pass in the second voting of the Deputy Chamber of the Parliament (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Opinion survey commissioned by the equality body on the attitudes of the public towards homosexuality (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Decision on the use of the Turkish language by the government (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Decision on age discrimination in state subsidies (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Discriminatory rejection of a job application on grounds of the applicant’s ethnic origin (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Plans to reform federal anti-discrimination legislation (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Province of Salzburg transposes equal treatment legislation (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

Federal Act introducing a Supplementary Act to the Disability Equality Act (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

First meeting to establish dialogue with NGOs (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

NGO reports 100 discriminatory advertisements for jobs or housing to authorities (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 4 | November 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 117 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - United Kingdom (PDF 104 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – United Kingdom (PDF 508 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 106 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Sweden (PDF 94 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Sweden (PDF 371 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 112 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Spain (PDF 100 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Spain (PDF 321 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (95 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovenia (PDF 91 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Slovenia (PDF 451 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Slovakia (PDF 82 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Slovakia (PDF 454 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Portugal (PDF 91 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Portugal (PDF 392 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 105 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Poland (PDF 104 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Poland (PDF 546 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 109 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Netherlands (PDF 96 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Netherlands (PDF 540 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 105 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Malta (PDF 102 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Malta (PDF 259 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 94 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Luxembourg (PDF 90 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Luxembourg (PDF 242 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Lithuania (PDF 105 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Lithuania (PDF 101 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Lithuania (PDF 359 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 113 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Latvia (PDF 102 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Latvia (PDF 363 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Italy (PDF 123 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Itlay (PDF 94 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Italy (PDF 272 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 156 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Ireland (PDF 103 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Ireland (PDF 460 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 106 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Hungary (PDF 94 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Hungary (PDF 445 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 105 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Greece (PDF 93 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Greece (PDF 451 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Germany (PDF 93 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – Germany (PDF 432 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 107 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - France (PDF 101 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination – France (PDF 417 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 94 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 90 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Finland (PDF 341 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 91 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 82 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Estonia (PDF 352 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Denmark (PDF 351 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Czech Republic (PDF 510 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cypres (PDF 115 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cypres (PDF 95 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Cypres (PDF 659 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 118 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 107 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Belgium (PDF 538 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (FR) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 130 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Summary (EN) Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 92 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

2005 Country report on measures to combat discrimination - Austria (PDF 303 kB)
State of affairs up to 1 February 2006

Revue de la législation européenne relative à l’anti-discrimination (PDF 2.254 kB)
Edition No. 3 | Avril 2006

European Anti-Discrimination Law Review (PDF 2.199 kB)
Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Europäische Zeitschrift zum Antidiskriminierungsrecht (PDF 2.370 kB)
Ausgabe Nr. 3 | April 2006

Copsey v WWB Devon Clays Ltd. [2005] EWCA CIV 932 (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Court rejects government challenge to role of Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in enforcing positive equality duty (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Legislation to prohibit discrimination between civil partners and spouses enters into force (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

UK government agrees to extend protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation to the fields of goods and services, education and other facilities (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Police Investigation into Racist Killing Results in Convictions for Murder (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Head of Commission for Racial Equality calls for greater efforts to promote integration (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Decision of the Constitutional Court on the unconstitutionality of the provision of the Anti-discrimination Act on positive action (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Labour Court Case 2005 No. 47 N.K. v. Nor Di Cuhr Aktiebolag in Norrköping,judgment 27 April 2005 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Case 2005 No. 32 Sveriges Civilingenjörsförbund and M.K., Stockholm v. T. & N. Management Aktiebolag, Stockholm,judgment of 30 March 2005 (PDF 142 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Proposals to counter structural discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity or religion (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Caixa Geral de Depósitos versus Câmara Municipal de Barcelos – Case no. 712/04.OBEBRG, 23 June 2005 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

An employee of the António Sérgio School denounced two students for “lesbian and immoral”attitudes (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Freedom of assembly and a ban on an ‘Equality March’ in Poznan (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Abolition of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Status of Women and Men (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Homosexuals’ rights in debate during presidential election campaign (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Requirement to wear a headscarf in a Muslim school (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Age discrimination of doctors/psychiatrists (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Bill allowing big cities to exclude new residents with low income becomes law (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Enforcement of criminal law provisions against discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Report on policy instruments to enhance compliance with equal treatment rules (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Consolidation of equal treatment laws into one legal instrument (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Advice of the Equal Treatment Commission on the positive action exception in equal treatment legislation, 28 January 2004 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Government sends its view on positive action to parliament on 24 May 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Application of the Civil Law provision for the protection of honour and reputation to disability-based discrimination in access to a public place (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

New bill no. 5518 transposing Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

New law providing for administrative liability for violations of the Law of Equal Treatment (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Court revises part of its decision in the first judicial pronouncement on ethnic and racial discrimination (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

First case on discrimination on ground of disability (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Decree enacted officially establishing a register of organisations with standing to litigate in discrimination cases (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Equality Authority appeals High Court Decision in The Equality Authority v.Portmarnock Golf Club and Ors (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Claims of discrimination continue to rise (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

First instance court decision on actio popularis claim concerning segregation of Roma pupils (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Popular Budapest club fined for affront to dignity of Roma (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Hamida and Audrey Hamida,Court of Appeal of Grenoble, 27 October 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Confédération Générale de travailleurs and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples against Renault S.A.,Boulogne Labour Court,judgment of 12 December 2005 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Preliminary reference of Conseil d’Etat to the ECJ dated 19 October 2005 relating to conditions applicable to employees under 26 years of age pursuant to Executive Order no. 2005-892 of 2 August 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Decision of the Cour de Cassation, Criminal Chamber no. 04-87354 of 7 June 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Decree 2005-1621 of 22 December 2005 concerning the instauration of Delegate Prefects for Equal Opportunities (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Decree no. 2005-1617 of 21 December 2005 concerning accommodation of the disabled in conditions of access to employment in public education (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Governmental measures further to the suburban riots of November 2005 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Governmental Decree 2005-901 of 2 August 2005 modifying age requirements to join the Public Service and instituting renewed conditions of access to certain careers in the Public Service (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

New legislation entered into force in the Åland Islands on 1 December 2005 (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Preliminary reference on age discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Cases of discrimination in the public sector: eight months after the entry into force of the Law 3304/2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Composition of the Equal Treatment Committee (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Further attempts to abolish age as a basis for termination of an employment contract (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

First Complaints Committee case turned down by City Court (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Victim awarded €8,000 in compensation for religious discrimination (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

First Danish Court decision on age discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Update on transposition of the Directives (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Supreme Court quashes decisions in Maticni wall case for a third time upon appellate review (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Supreme Court reverses final judgment in first racial harassment claim (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Anti-discrimination Bill passed in the Czech Parliament’s Deputy Chamber (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Report of the Ombudsman no. 31/2005 dated 2 November 2005. (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Ombudsman issues recommendation on admission criteria to nursing school (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Ombudsman issues recommendation against insurance companies for refusing to insure persons of non- Cypriot origin (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Bills introducing positive measures in favour of persons with disabilities (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Decision of the Constitutional Court on age-based discrimination (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Plans to impose a linguistic requirement for access to social housing (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Anti-discrimination Act in the Federal Province of Burgenland (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Austrian sign language recognised by the Constitution (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

Legislation on discrimination on the ground of disability (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 3 | April 2006

European Anti-Discrimination Law Review (PDF 1.739 kB)
Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Developing Anti-Discrimination Law in Europe (PDF 1.244 kB)
The 25 EU Member States compared September 2005

Revue de la législation européenne relative à l’anti-discrimination (PDF 1.797 kB)
Edition No. 2 | Octobre 2005

Europäische Zeitschrift zum Antidiskriminierungsrecht (PDF 1.797 kB)
Ausgabe Nr. 2 | Oktober 2005

Cross and others v British Airways plc, 23/3/2005 [2005] UKEAT 0572_04_2303 - (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

R -v- Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School ex parte SB, 2/3/2005 [2005] EWCA Civ 199 (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Igen Ltd. & Others v Wong , Chamberlin & Another - v - Emokpae, Brunel University v Webster, 18/2/2005 [2005] EWCA Civ 142 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Public consultation on draft regulations prohibiting unjustified age discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill 2005 introduced to Parliament on 9 June 2005 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Proposal to amend anti-discrimination legislation to prohibit discrimination between civil partners and spouses (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Equality Bill proposes creation of Commission for Equality and Human Rights (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 received Royal Assent on 7 April 2005. (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Draft Agreements between the Slovak Republic and the Holy See; and registered churches and religious societies, on the right to exercise conscientious objection (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Adoption of the National Action Plan for the Decade of Integration of the Roma (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Act on the registration of same-sex unions adopted on 22 June 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

National Assembly rejects proposal for a bill prohibiting positive action for Roma (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Withdrawal of employee from duties whose religion prevented fulfilling a considerable part of those duties did not amount to discrimination (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Constitutional Court overrules decision of the Supreme Court ruling that Article 175 of Criminal Code is unconstitutional (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Second Evaluation of the General Equal Treatment Act 1994 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

The National Commission for the Disabled v Michele Peresso Limited (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

First application of the non-discrimination provisions of Labour Law (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Proposed amendment to age requirement in the recruitment of state civil servants (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

First judicial pronouncement on ethnic and racial discrimination (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

The Equality Authority v Portmarnock Golf Club, 10 June 2005 (unreported) (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Annual Report of Equality Tribunal published on 26 June 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Supreme Court decision on declaration promoting exclusion of homosexuals from theological education at a Calvinist university (212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Labour Court condemns company for refusal to employ Roma security guard (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Equal Treatment Advisory Board set up to assist Hungarian equality body (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Parliament adopts amendment threatening equality body's financial independence (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Hungarian equality body commences operation on 1 February 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Hamida and Audrey Hamida,Grenoble Criminal Court, 14 September 2004 (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Judgment of the Cour de Cassation, Social Chamber, 16 February 2005, no. 02-43402 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Law 2005-158 of 23 February 2005 recognising the national contribution of the French repatriates (from former colonies) (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Law 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 for the equality of rights and opportunities and social participation of the disabled (PDF 215 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Law on sexist, homophobic and disability-discriminating language (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Fauroux Commission Report on the Combat against Ethnic Discrimination in the Workplace, 8 July 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

French Office for Data Protection (CNIL) recommendations on the collection of data on national, ethnic and racial origin, 5 July 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

National Discrimination Board finds in favour of applicant for the first time (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Legislation passed to allow homosexual couples to marry (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Law 14/2005 of 1 July 2005 allowing inclusion of clauses in collective agreements permitting termination of employees' contracts on reaching ordinary retirement age (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Legislation transposing Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC (PDF 214 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Photographs of applicants with head-gear may be submitted in official procedures (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Attempt to abolish maximum age requirement for university candidates (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

International instrument provides additional anti-discrimination protection (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Bill to abolish age as a legitimate ground for termination of an employment contract (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

High Court Decision of 27 January 2005 narrowing the scope of the definition of work in relation to sheltered workshops (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Supreme Court Decision of 21 January 2005 on wearing of headscarves at work (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Implementing legislation further delayed as of 17 June 2005 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Bill implementing Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC (PDF 215 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Judgment of the Regional Court in Ostrava, 24 March 2005 (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Judgment of the Prague High Court, 22 March 2005 (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Appeal withdrawn against judgment of the Municipal Court in Prague (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

President of Czech Republic refused to appoint new judges on age grounds (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Bill on registered partnership submitted to Parliament in fifth legislative attempt (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Discriminatory conditions in application form for civil service post (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Order of 7 March 2005 of the President of the Tribunal de Commerce of Brussels in response to finding of age discrimination in goods and services (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Judgment n° 04/2400 of 19 April 2005 of the First Instance Court of Nivelles (ref.T. N° 3643/05) (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Minister of Interior demands prohibition of headscarves for teachers (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Anti-discrimination Acts in the Federal Provinces of Vorarlberg and Upper Austria (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

Legislation on discrimination on the ground of disability A so-called "disability package" consisting of a bundle of amendments to existing legislation and a new "Disability Equality Act" was passed by the National Council on 6 July 2005 and by the Federal Council on 21 July 2005. (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 2 | October 2005

La discrimination fondée sur l'âge et le droit européen (PDF 664 kB)
Avril 2005

Age discrimination and European Law (PDF 679 kB)
April 2005

Diskriminierung aus Gründen des Alters und Europäische Rechtsvorschriften (PDF 659 kB)
April 2005

Revue de la législation européenne relative à l’anti-discrimination (PDF 1.404 kB)
Edition No 1 | Avril 2005

European Anti-Discrimination Law Review (PDF 1.355 kB)
Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Europäische Zeitschrift zum Antidiskriminierungsrecht (PDF 1.460 kB)
Ausgabe Nr. 1 | April 2005

R v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and another ex parte European Roma Rights Centre and others, 9.12.04 [2004] UKHL 55 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Archibald v Fife Council, 1.07.04, [2004] UKHL 32 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Announcement of the Government to default retirement age (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Disability Discrimination Bill (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Religious discrimination protection to be extended (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Public Consultation on options for a Northern Ireland Single Equality Bill (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Slovak Government petition to the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of the positive action provision in the Anti-discrimination Act (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

National Council Recommendation on the Government policy regarding Roma (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Government Proposal on protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the field of social security (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Convictions for racially motivated murder,Criminal Court of Fundão (PDF 141 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Adoption of Law nº 38/2004 containing a general legal basis for measures for the rehabilitation and participation of persons with disabilities (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Act on National and Ethnic Minorities and Regional Language (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Equal Treatment Commission case on age discrimination in employment, Case no. 2004/150 of 15 November 2004 (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Equal Treatment Commission case on religious discrimination in the area of service provision, Case no. 2004/112 of 8 September 2004 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Equal Treatment in Employment Regulations, 2004 (Legal Notice 461 of 2004) (PDF 215 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Opinion of the State’s Council on draft legislation transposing Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

‘Hate speech’ conviction in case brought against leaders of an anti-gypsy campaign (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Tuscany enacts regional statute against discrimination on ground of sexual orientation and “gender identity” (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Launch of new office against racial and ethnic discrimination (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Adoption of Equality Act 2004 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Case of race discrimination in access to housing referred to European Court of Human Rights (PDF 209 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

First instance court decision on declaration promoting exclusion of homosexuals from theological education at Calvinist university (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

High Administrative Court (Conseil d’État) orders interruption of diffusion on cable of AL Manar TV for broadcasting openly anti-Semitic programmes (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Court of Cassation convicts Mayor of provocation to racially discriminate by calling for a boycott of Israeli products (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Hamida and Audrey Hamida,Grenoble Criminal Court, 14 September 2004 (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Bill no. 1700 for the repression of homophobic and sexist language (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Application of the law on secularity in public schools (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Senate second reading of the law reforming the law of 1975 concerning the disabled and transposing Directive 2000/78, on 21 October 2004 (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Law 2004-1486 of 30 December 2004 creating the High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Vaasa Administrative Court finds in favour of claimant in case dealing with sexual orientation discrimination in the Church (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Finland Ratifies Protocol 12 to the ECHR and Protocol 12 to enter into force (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Bill on clauses in collective agreements concerning employees reaching the ordinary retirement age (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Bill amending the Civil Code with regard to the right to contract matrimony (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Royal Decree 1865/2004 of 6 September regulating the National Disability Council (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Bill transposing Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC (PDF 216 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Attempt to abolish maximum age requirement for university rector candidates (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

First statement by the Danish specialised body’s Complaints Committee in favour of the claimant (PDF 213 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Adoption of Act no. 1417 of 22 December 2004 on the prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination on the grounds of age and disability (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Publication of Federal Administrative Court’s reasoning in it decision on the Baden-Wuerttemburg law on religious symbols (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

State Bavarian law on religious symbols in schools (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Draft Law to Implement the European Anti-discrimination Directives to the Federal Parliament (PDF 144 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Supreme Court reversal of Regional Court finding of discrimination in goods and services (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Czech government approves draft anti-discrimination law (PDF 212 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Bill to amend law which lays down age limit as a pre-condition for employment (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Constitutional Court judgment on Federal law transposing EC Directives (PDF 211 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

This judgment convicts the defendant for having refused to rent his apartment to a Belgian couple of Congolese origin proposed by the rental agency (PDF 144 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Publication and entry into force of German-speaking Community decree on the guarantee of equal treatment on the labour market (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005

Draft legislation against discrimination in the Federal Province of Vorarlberg (PDF 210 kB)
European Anti-Discrimination Law Review Issue No. 1 | April 2005