Prohibition of Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation: Selected Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights

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Katarína Procházková

In: Societas et iurisprudentia • 2014 • Volume 2 • Issue 2 • Pages 100-113 • ISSN 1339-5467

Abstract: The author deals in the paper with non-discrimination legislation in the European Union law and selected case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, with respect to the prohibition of sexual orientation discrimination. The overall protection framework for combating discrimination in employment and occupation on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in the European Union law are Directive 2000/78/EC of November 27th, 2000, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, and Article 14 of Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The author focuses on the initial decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights which have formed the doctrine of non-discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the European law, especially on judgments Dudgeon v. United Kingdom and Salgueiro da Silva Mouta v. Portugal.

Key Words: Court of Justice of the European Union; European Court of Human Rights; Human Rights Protection; Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Prohibition of Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation; Violation of Article 8 and Article 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; Concept of “Private Life”.

URL: https://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2014/02/SEI-2014-02-Studies-Prochazkova-Katarina.pdf

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PROCHÁZKOVÁ, K. Zákaz diskriminácie na základe sexuálnej orientácie: Vybraná judikatúra Európskeho súdu pre ľudské práva. Societas et iurisprudentia [online]. 2014, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 100-113 [cit. 2020-01-01]. ISSN 1339-5467. Available at: https://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/international-scientific-journal/archive/issue-2014-02/prohibition-of-discrimination-on-grounds-of-sexual-orientation-selected-case-law-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights/.