Page "European Convention on Human Rights" Paragraph 60

Article 14 contains a prohibition of discrimination.

This prohibition is broad in some ways, and narrow in others.

It is broad in that it prohibits discrimination under a potentially unlimited number of grounds.

While the article specifically prohibits discrimination based on " sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status ", the last of these allows the court to extend to Article 14 protection to other grounds not specifically mentioned such as has been done regarding discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.