OBSERVATORY OF LAW AND PLURALISM

Free Movement, gender transition, and the recording of data in civil status registers

The State is under the obligation to take appropriate general measures to address the systemic problem of informal hierarchy in prisons, protecting incarcerated individuals against forced or compulsory labour.

A violation of Article 8 ECHR arises from the inadequate balancing carried out by the national courts between freedom of expression and the protection of the applicant’s reputation, in relation to certain statements deemed damaging and classified as mere value judgments, without, however, verifying whether they had a sufficient factual basis.

Equal treatment. Directive 2000/43/EC. Concepts of “ethnic origin,” “direct discrimination,” and “indirect discrimination.” Development plans for residential areas. National legislation imposing a reduction in the percentage of public housing. Social cohesion and integration.