European equality law review 2024
The European equality law review is produced by the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination (EELN). The aim of the EELN is to provide the European Commission and the general public with independent information regarding gender equality and non-discrimination law and, more specifically, on the transposition and implementation of the EU equality and non-discrimination
The European equality law review is produced by the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination (EELN). The aim of the EELN is to provide the European Commission and the general public with independent information regarding gender equality and non-discrimination law and, more specifically, on the transposition and implementation of the EU equality and non-discrimination directives. While the European Equality Law Review has been published biannually under previous contracts with the European Commission, it is published once a year under the current contract.
The European equality law review 2024 provides an overview of the relevant developments in gender equality and non-discrimination law from the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, at European as well as national level.
It covers the most important case law of the CJEU and of the European Court of Human Rights as well as national developments in legislation, case law and policy in the 36 countries covered by the network. The Review also contains four in-depth articles.
The first article is authored by the German non-discrimination expert for the network, Professor Matthias Mahlmann, and provides an in-depth analysis of the complaint in the Egenberger case, decided by the Court of Justice of the EU in 2018, which is currently pending before the German Constitutional Court.
The second article explores the regulation and implementation of positive action measures related to racial or ethnic origin in Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and France, and is authored by the Bulgarian non-discrimination expert Dilyana Giteva.
The third article, authored by Nozizwe Dube from Maastricht University, explores the EU pay transparency directive’s intersectional approach, the problems its practical implementation may entail, and how to address these.
The fourth article explores both the ‘Pink Tax’ and the ‘Tampon Tax’ and is authored by Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu from Kadir Has University. It sets out to identify what both phenomena entail, what the underlying causes are of these forms of sex discrimination and how to address these from an EU legal perspective.
