Pregnant woman discriminated by the health-insurance authorities - Violation of Art. 14 ECHR in combination with Art. 1 of Protocol no. 1 to the ECHR

EUROPE: DISCRIMINATION

European Court of Human Rights, judgment, 4 February 2021, Jur?i? v. Croatia (application no. 54711/15).

«The case concerned the denial to the applicant of employment health-insurance coverage during pregnancy. The authorities had claimed that her recently signed employment contract had been fictitious, and that she should not have started work in any case while undergoing in vitro fertilisation.The Court found in particular that the Croatian authorities had failed to demonstrate any fraud, and had implied that pregnant women should not seek work, thus discriminating against the applicant.»

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