European Antidiscrimination law review for all EU Member States
It is nearly impossible to be informed about all kinds of anti-discrimination laws and relevant updates in more than 30 European countries at the same time. Thus a quality overview is not only helpful but essential to get a concise yet accurate overview of local specifics and regional similarities. The 16th bi-annual “European Anti-Discrimination Law Review” published by the European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination Field covers all 28 EU Member States, and the candidate countries Macedonia, Iceland and Turkey as well as Liechtenstein and Norway.
The aim of the network is to provide updated information on the implementation of anti-discrimination laws and especially the transposition of the two main EU directives onto the National levels, also providing independent advice to the European Commission. The publication not only analyses the relevant developments of legal provisions in all countries and at the European level, it also gives diversity and (anti-)discrimination a concrete shape. Close-ups of different people add a personal touch to the dry legal issues and each country profile contains a brief case study of juridical decisions. In the Czech Republic, for instance, the public Council for Radio and TV Broadcasting accused a private TV channel to report in a discriminating manner about Roma. In Denmark, the automatic termination at the age of 67 was sentenced unlawful and in France a plaintiff won a case after having been refused a five-week temporary assignment in Dubai based on her skin colour, although her employer wanted to protect her against harassment and victimisation.
In November 2013, the network will continue their work with a seminar involving representatives of all participation countries, dealing with all the six grounds of discrimination protected at the EU level.
