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Overview Of Recent Cases Before The European Court Of Human Rights And The European Court Of Justice (January-March 2009), Mel Cousins
Mel Cousins
In period covered there have been a number of interesting decisions of both the Court of Justice and the Court of Human Rights concerning social security issues. The Court of Human Rights addressed issues of gender and nationality discrimination in Weller and Andrejeva while the Court of Justice addressed further issues concerning cross-border health care and competition as it affects the organisation of social security. In part 2, we also examine the current Commission proposal which would extend protection against discrimination on the basis of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation to social protection and provide an update …
Overview Of Recent Cases Before The European Court Of Human Rights And The European Court Of Justice (April-September 2009), Mel Cousins
Mel Cousins
In the period covered there have been two interesting decisions of the Court of Justice and the Court of Human Rights concerning the current boundaries of the scope of equality as it applies to social security issues. The Court of Human Rights addressed issues of discrimination against homosexual couples in M.W., while the Court of Justice rejected a claim in relation to social security treatment while on parental leave in Gomez-Limon. Meanwhile, the concept of European citizenship continued to develop – if in a somewhat erratic manner. The Court of Justice, in Rüffler, ruled that national tax rules in relation …