Public-Private Partnerships Based on the Principle of Non-Discrimination

Country: Netherlands

Date of incident: May 21, 2013


Public bodies have to break up contracts if a violation of the principle of non-discrimination is established on the basis of the personal convictions of a private partner. A communal administration will therefore not be allowed to maintain a rental contract with a private house, used for civil marriages, if the owner of the house is found to object to an actual request for a same-sex marriage.

Source and further information: The Observatory's Report 2012 on Legal Restrictions Effecting Christians in Europe