29 September 2014
08.45
Arrival and registration of participants
09.10
Welcome
Daniel Gärtner, ERA
09.15
Overview of the existing EU legislation on equality and definition of key concepts:
- Direct discrimination
- Indirect discrimination
- Harassment
Raluca Dimitriu
10.15
Discussion
10.30
Coffee break
11.00
Proving discrimination: the shift of the burden of proof and access to evidence
Rachel Crasnow
11.45
Discussion
12.00
Remedies and sanctions in discrimination cases
Kurt Pärli
12.30
Discussion
12.45
Lunch
14.00
Discrimination on the grounds of age: recent case lase of the CJEU
Christiane Brors
14.45 Discussion
15.00 Discrimination on the grounds of disability:
- Reasonable accommodation
- CJEU case law
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Oliver Tolmein
15.45
Discussion
16.00
Coffee break
16.30
Multiple discrimination
Marie Mercat-Bruns
17.15
Discussion
17.30
End of the first seminar day
18.45
Guided city tour of Trier
20.00
Dinner
30 September 2014
09.00
Discrimination on grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation: main features, recent and pending cases
Dick Houtzager
09.45
Discussion
10.00
Workshop: applying EU anti-discrimination law in a domestic case
Rachel Crasnow
11.15
Coffee break
11.45
Results of the workshop and feedback
12.30
The wider legal framework on equality inEurope
- The Charter of Fundamental Rights
- EU gender equality directives
- The ECHR
- International treaties
Peter Reading
13.15
Discussion
13.30
Lunch and end of seminar
Programme may be subject to amendment.
For programme updates: www.era.int/anti-discrimination
