B.T. v. RUSSIA - 15284/19 (Article 14+8 - Prohibition of discrimination : Third Section)

Art 14 (+ Art 8) • Discrimination • Sex • Entitlement to parental leave of male police personnel conditional upon lack of maternal care for their children for objective reasons • Findings in Gruba and Others v. Russia applied • No reasonable relationship of proportionality between the legitimate aim of maintaining the operational effectiveness of the police and difference in treatment between male and female personnel • Lack of reasonable and objective justification

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Pere Pastor Vilanova , President , Yonko Grozev, Georgios A. Serghides, Darian Pavli, Peeter Roosma, Ioannis Ktistakis, Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir , judges , and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 15284/19 ) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Russian national, Mr B.T. ("the applicant"), on 7 March 2019;