{"id":7884,"date":"2019-08-11T08:25:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T08:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7884"},"modified":"2019-08-11T12:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:22:13","slug":"6-procedural-issues-in-non-discrimination-law-handbook-on-european-non-discrimination-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7884","title":{"rendered":"6. Procedural issues in non-discrimination law \u2013 Handbook on European non-discrimination law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Handbook on European non-discrimination law \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7770\">Contents<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">EU<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Issues covered<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">CoE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Employment Equality Directive<\/p>\n<p>(2000\/78\/EC), Art. 10<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Sharing of the<\/p>\n<p>burden of proof<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"9\" width=\"166\">ECHR, Art. 3 (prohibition of torture), Art. 14 (prohibition of discrimination)<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Virabyan v. Armenia, No. 40094\/05, 2012<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Timishev v. Russia, Nos. 55762\/00 and 55974\/00, 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Racial Equality<\/p>\n<p>Directive (2000\/43\/EC), Art. 8<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Gender Goods and Services<\/p>\n<p>Directive (2004\/113\/EC), Art. 9<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Gender Equality Directive<\/p>\n<p>(recast) (2006\/54\/EC), Art. 19<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-81\/12, Accept v. Consiliul Na\u0163ional pentru Combaterea<\/p>\n<p>Discrimin\u0103rii, 2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-415\/10, Meister v. Speech Design Carrier Systems<\/p>\n<p>GmbH, 2012<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-104\/10, Kelly v. National<\/p>\n<p>University of Ireland, 2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-54\/07, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v. Firma<\/p>\n<p>Feryn NV, 2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-381\/99, Brunnhofer<\/p>\n<p>v. Bank der \u00f6sterreichischen<\/p>\n<p>Postsparkasse AG, 2001<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-423\/15, Kratzer v. R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG, 2016<\/p>\n<p>CJEU, C-54\/07, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v. Firma<\/p>\n<p>Feryn NV, 2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Circumstances irrelevant for the finding of discrimination<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">ECtHR, D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], No. 57325\/00, 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-527\/13, Cachaldora<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Role of statistics<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"9\" width=\"166\">ECtHR, Di Trizio v. Switzerland, No. 7186\/09, 2016<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Abdu v. Bulgaria, No. 26827\/08, 2014<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Opuz v. Turkey, No. 33401\/02, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], No. 57325\/00, 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Fern\u00e1ndez v. INSS and TGSS<\/p>\n<p>[GC], 2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">and other data<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, Joined cases C-4\/02 and<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">C-5\/02, Sch\u00f6nheit v. Stadt<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Frankfurt am Main and Becker v.<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Land Hessen, 2003<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">CJEU, C-167\/97, Regina<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">v. Secretary of State for<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Employment, 1999<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"166\">Employment Equality Directive, Art. 17<\/p>\n<p>Racial Equality Directive, Art. 15<\/p>\n<p>Framework Decision on racism and xenophobia (2008\/913\/JHA)<\/p>\n<p>CJEU, C-407\/14, Arjona Camacho<\/p>\n<p>v. Securitas Seguridad Espa\u00f1a, SA, 2015<\/p>\n<p>CJEU, C-81\/12, Accept v. Consiliul Na\u0163ional pentru Combaterea<\/p>\n<p>Discrimin\u0103rii, 2013<\/td>\n<td width=\"94\">Enforcement of non- discrimination law<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">ECHR, Art. 6 (right to fair trial), Art. 8 (right to respect for private and family life), Art. 14 (prohibition of discrimination)<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Sidabras and Others v. Lithuania, No. 50421\/08 and 56213\/08, 2015<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Garc\u00eda Mateos v. Spain, No. 38285\/09, 2013<\/p>\n<p>ECtHR, Hulea v. Romania, No. 33411\/05, 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Key points<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The initial burden rests with the complainant to establish evidence that suggests that discrimination has taken place.<\/li>\n<li>Statistical evidence may be used to help give rise to a presumption of discrimination.<\/li>\n<li>The burden then shifts to the alleged defendant who must provide evidence that shows that the less favourable treatment was not based on one of the protected grounds.<\/li>\n<li>The presumption of discrimination can be rebutted by proving: either that the victim is not in a similar situation to their \u2018comparator\u2019; or that the difference in treatment is based on some objective factor, unconnected to the protected ground. If the defendant fails to rebut this presumption they may still attempt to justify the differential treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Discrimination does not tend to be manifested in an open and easily identifiable manner. Proving direct discrimination is often difficult even though, by definition, the differential treatment is \u2018openly\u2019 based on a characteristic of the victim. As discussed in Chapter 2, the ground of differential treatment is often either not expressed or superficially related to another factor (such benefits conditioned on an individual being retired, which are connected to age as a protected ground). In this sense, cases where individuals openly declare their basis for differential treatment as one of the protected grounds are relatively rare. An exception to this case may be found in the Feryn case,650 where the owner of a company in Belgium declared, through advertisements and orally, that no \u2018immigrants\u2019 would be recruited to work for him. The CJEU found that this was a clear case of direct discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity. However, the defendants will not always declare that they are treating someone less favourably than others, nor indicate their reason for doing so. A woman may be turned down for a job and told that she is simply \u2018less qualified\u2019 than the male candidate who is offered the job. In this situation, the victim may find it difficult to prove that she was directly discriminated against because of her sex.<\/p>\n<p>To address the difficulty of proving that differential treatment has been based on a protected ground, European non-discrimination law allows the burden of proof to be shared. Accordingly, once the claimant can show facts from which it can be presumed that discrimination may have occurred, the burden of proof falls on the defendant to prove otherwise. This shift in the burden of proof is particularly helpful in claims of indirect discrimination where it is necessary to prove that particular rules or practices have a disproportionate impact on a particular group. To raise a presumption of indirect discrimination, a claimant may need to rely on statistical data that proves general patterns of differential treatment. Some national jurisdictions also accept evidence generated through \u2018situation testing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>______________<\/p>\n<p>650 CJEU, C-54\/07, Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismebestrijding v. Firma Feryn NV, 10 July 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7770\">Contents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Procedural issues in non-discrimination law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7886\">6.1. Shifting the burden of proof<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7888\">6.2. Circumstances irrelevant for the finding of discrimination<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7890\">6.3. Role of statistics and other data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=7892\">6.4. 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