CJEU Case C-824/19 / Judgment

TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia and VA
Policy area
Employment and social policy
Deciding body type
Court of Justice of the European Union
Deciding body
Court (Second Chamber)
Type
Decision
Decision date
21/10/2021
ECLI (European case law identifier)
ECLI:EU:C:2021:862
  • CJEU Case C-824/19 / Judgment

    Key facts of the case:

    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven administrativen sad.
    Reference for a preliminary ruling – Social policy – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78/EC – Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of disability – Article 2(2)(a) – Article 4(1) – Article 5 – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 21 and 26 – United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Duties of juror in criminal proceedings – Blind person – Total exclusion from participation in criminal proceedings.

     

    Outcome of the case:

    On those grounds, the Court (Second Chamber) hereby rules:

    Article 2(2)(a) and Article 4(1) of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, read in the light of Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, approved on behalf of the European Community by Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009, must be interpreted as meaning that they preclude that a blind person be totally deprived of any possibility of performing the duties of a juror in criminal proceedings.