The latest publication of the German Institute for Human Rights, presenting the project "Non-Discrimination: Competencies of Associations"

A new report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) identifies the specific barriers and experiences of unequal treatment in accessing healthcare that people may face because of a combination of their traits (e.g. ethnic origin, gender, age and disability).

The Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU will organise a conference on Strengthening institutional arrangements in Europe for protecting equality and fundamental rights. The event will take place on 9-10 May in Dublin.

A thematic report release by the European Network of Legal Experts in the field of non-discrimination

A training manual by Migration Policy Group and Human European Consultancy

A briefing paper by Open Society Foundations.

The Court of Justice of the EU explains the field of application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the ne bis in idem principle.

The Court of Justice of the EU decided that it does not have jurisdiction to give a preliminary ruling on a reference by the Bulgarian equality body, the Commission for Protection against Discrimination.

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of X and Others v. Austria (application no. 19010/07), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held, that there had been a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) taken in conjunction with Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights on account of the difference in treatment of the applicants in comparison with unmarried different-sex couples in which one partner wished to adopt the other partner’s child.

In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of García Mateos v. Spain (application no. 38285/09), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time) combined with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights.