At Long Last: The Recognition of Intersectional Discrimination at the ECtHR in <i>FM</i> v <i>Russia</i>

On 10 December 2024, the European Court of Human Rights recognised intersectional discrimination for the first time in FM v Russia . It did so not only by naming ‘intersectional discrimination’ explicitly, but also by engaging with the concept and the particular harm or disadvantage occasioned by such discrimination, substantively. It thus upheld the claim brought by women who were irregular foreign migrant workers in Russia and found that their treatment constituted intersectional discrimination based on the grounds of gender, ethnicity and social position or status. This case note analyses the seminal decision in FM v Russia which represents a breakthrough for both intersectionality specifically, and European equality jurisprudence broadly.