Une décision-cadre pour mieux combattre les discriminations en raison de l'apparence physique au travail

Date of article: 15/10/2019

Daily News of: 15/10/2019

Country:  France

Author: National Ombudsman of France

Article language: fr

Selon le baromètre réalisé en 2016 par le Défenseur des droits et l’Organisation internationale du travail, l’apparence physique est le 2ème critère de discrimination cité par les demandeurs d’emploi dans leur accès à l’emploi (29% pour les femmes et 20% pour les hommes). Pourtant, le sujet semble peu porté et le contentieux est très faible, tant parce que les victimes de discrimination ont du mal à apporter des éléments probants, que parce que dans leur esprit comme dans celui des recruteurs la prise en compte de l’apparence physique reste trop souvent tolérée, sans prise de conscience de son caractère potentiellement discriminatoire pourtant prévu dans la loi. 

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Statement of the Catalan Ombudsman

Date of article: 14/10/2019

Daily News of: 15/10/2019

Country:  Spain - Catalonia

Author: Regional Ombudsman of Catalonia

Article language: en

14/10/2019

Following of the publication of the judgment of the Spanish Supreme Court (TS) in special cause 20907/2017, the Catalan Ombudsman considers it necessary to recall that this serious situation it is mainly due to the repeated lack of institutional dialogue for at least fifteen years to try to solve historical and political problems.

Regardless of a thorough analysis of the sentence in the upcoming weeks, the Catalan Ombudsman reiterates, as pointed out in several reports and statements of recent years that the events that took place in Catalonia during fall of 2017 constituted the exercise of fundamental rights of expression and demonstration.

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Contentious provisions in foreigners act annulled

Date of article: 14/10/2019

Daily News of: 15/10/2019

Country:  Slovenia

Author: Human Rights Ombudsman of Slovenia

Article language: en

14.10.2019
 

 

The Constitutional Court has annulled part of the controversial amendments passed in January 2017 that define a special temporary regime on the border in the event of mass migration. The court believes that the changes violate Article 18 of the Constitution, which guarantees the principle of non-refoulement. The Court annulled sections of clause 10.b which would effectively allow the country to suspend asylum law in special circumstances that would have to be endorsed by absolute majority in parliament.

The special system, imposed for a six-month period with the possibility of extension in a pre-defined area, would involve refusal to admit foreigners who do not meet entry criteria and the expulsion of those who have already entered the country unlawfully.

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