How far can the European Court of Human Rights go in the fight against discrimination? Defining new standards in its nondiscrimination jurisprudence

Abstract

European judges in Strasbourg have recently been called on to decide on some important issues concerning discriminatory treatment in the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms\nprotected by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and its protocols. Moving from different grounds of discrimination, it is possible to find a common leitmotif\nin the judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR): the main idea is that the attempts to limit discrimination in the member states of the Council of\nEurope (CoE) are even more pronounced nowadays. Roma, women, religious minorities, and homosexual couples have thus found a reinforced protection in Strasbourg...