Prohibition of discrimination

EUROPE: HUMAN RIGHTS

2020

ECtHR, Guide on Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights and on Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention, Prohibition of discrimination, Strasbourg 2020.

Article 14 of the Convention enshrines the protection against discrimination in the enjoyment of the rights set forth in the Convention. According to the Court’s case-law, the principle of non- discrimination is of a “fundamental” nature and underlies the Convention together with the rule of law, and the values of tolerance and social peace. Furthermore, this protection is completed by Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the Convention which prohibits discrimination more generally, in the enjoyment of any right set forth by law.

«This Guide is part of the series of Case-Law Guides published by the European Court of Human Rights to inform legal practitioners about the fundamental judgments and decisions delivered by the Strasbourg Court. This particular Guide analyses and sums up the case-law on Article 14 of the Convention and on Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights. Readers will find herein the key principles in this area and the relevant precedents.
The case-law cited has been selected among the leading, major, and/or recent judgments and decisions.
This Guide contains references to keywords for each cited Article of the Convention and its Additional Protocols. The legal issues dealt with in each case are summarised in a List of keywords, chosen from a thesaurus of terms taken (in most cases) directly from the text of the Convention and its Protocols.»

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