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ECJ Rules “Ghetto Law” in Denmark Potentially Constitutes Ethnic Discrimination
The European Court of Justice ruled that Denmark's courts must decide if the 2018 Parallel Societies Law discriminates by ethnicity, affecting over 11,000 people nationwide by 2030.
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ECJ rules “ghetto law” in Denmark potentially constitutes ethnic discrimination
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday that the Danish “ghetto law” may constitute both direct and indirect discrimination under Council Directive 2000/43/EC. Senior Legal Advisor at Amnesty International Denmark Dina Hashem commended the decision as an important step in protecting basic human rights. The ECJ noted that the law creates a disparity by mandating development plans that lead to the termination of residents’ leases, ex…
Inside Denmark: Where does EU discrimination ruling leave ‘non-Western’ housing residents?
Our weekly column Inside Denmark looks at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, a major discrimination case at the European Court of Justice leaves Nørrebro residents still waiting for answers.
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