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Germany

  • Case of Schmidt v. Germany, Germany, European Court of Human Rights, 1994.
    Gender-based service-or-tax requirement.  The Court found a law that required men only to serve as firefighter and required women to pay a tax was discriminatory in violation of the ECHR.
  • Hofmann v. Barmer Ersatzkasse, Germany, European Court of Justice, 1984.
    Employment discrimination