This comparative analysis, drafted by Isabelle Chopin and Catharina Germaine (Migration Policy Group), compares and analyses the information set out in the country reports relating to 2022 for the 27 EU Member States in a format mirroring that of the country reports themselves and draws some...

The concept of indirect sex discrimination challenges apparently neutral provisions, criteria or practices that 'put persons of one sex at a particular disadvantage compared with persons of the other sex, unless that provision, criterion or practice is objectively justified by a legitimate aim,...

Article 13 TEC (now Article 19 TFEU) was inserted into the EC Treaty by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999. It gave the institutions of the European Union (EU) competency to 'take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age...

Article 13 TEC (now Article 19 TFEU) was inserted into the EC Treaty by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999. It gave the institutions of the European Union (EU) competency to 'take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age...

Following the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights on 17 November 2017, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive to support work-life balance for working parents and carers, which strengthens and expands family-related leave measures as well as acknowledges the...

The objective of this report is to compare and contrast anti-discrimination law in the 28 EU Member States, four EU candidate countries (namely the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey) and the EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), based on the 2017...

In EU law, the Racial Equality Directive (RED) prohibits discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin without defining them. However, their broad or narrow interpretation impacts on a wide array of issues ranging from material scope and the qualification of claims to data collection...