A new thematic report has been published by the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field, entitled ‘Reversing the burden of proof: Practical dilemmas at the European and national levels’. The authors, Lilla Farkas who is the ground coordinator of the Network for race and ethnic origin and Orlagh O’Farrell who is the national expert for Ireland, examine the theoretical implications as well as the implementation and application …Read More

The European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field has published a new thematic report entitled ‘Combating sexual orientation discrimination in the European Union’, authored by Dorota Pudzianowska and Krzysztof Śmiszek of the Polish Centre for human rights, under the supervision of Professor Christa Tobler who is the senior coordinator for EU law of the Network. The report examines the existing legal frameworks prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination, on international …Read More

The European Network of legal experts in the non-discrimination field has published a new thematic report entitled Discrimination of Roma children in education, authored by Lilla Farkas. This report provides an update to a previous thematic report by the same author published by the Network in 2007, entitled Segregation of Roma children in education: Addressing structural discrimination through the Race Equality Directive. This new report demonstrates that seven years after …Read More

The European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination field has published a new thematic report entitled “Reasonable accommodation beyond disability in Europe?”. The authors, Emmanuelle Bribosia and Isabelle Rorive, provide an extensive analysis of the concept of reasonable accommodation, which implies that an accommodation of the physical, social or normative environment is sometimes necessary to allow individuals with certain personal characteristics to access opportunities, goods and services on an …Read More

A new thematic report has been published by the European network of legal experts in the non-discrimination field, entitled ‘National protection beyond the two EU anti-discrimination Directives: The grounds of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation beyond employment’. The purpose of the report, authored by Aileen McColgan who is the expert of the Network for the United Kingdom and a practising lawyer, is to provide a context in …Read More

A new publication has been released by the European Network of Legal Experts in the field of non-discrimination, entitled ‘La discrimination dans le logement’ (Discrimination in Housing). The authors Julie Ringelheim and Nicolas Bernard address complex issues related to discrimination in the field of housing, aiming at providing a comprehensive analysis of the trends and patterns of discrimination occurring in this field, against the backdrop of relevant EU law as …Read More

Thematic report on the evolution and impact on the domestic level of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the field of anti-discrimination. A new publication has been released by the European Network of Legal Experts in the field of non-discrimination. The report ‘The evolution and impact of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC’ …Read More

Thematic report on Discrimination against trans and intersex people on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression published A new publication has been released by the European Network of Legal Experts in the field of non-discrimination. The report ‘Discrimination against trans and intersex people on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression’ authored by Silvan Agius and Christa Tobler addresses complex issues related to discrimination on the …Read More