The offence of stalking is committed if the victim is continuously harassed by means of messages and posts on social networks, as well as by means of bitterly offensive and threatening expressions - Harassment and insults by means of Facebook posts and the consequent destabilising effect on the victim's peace of mind and psychological balance
Sexual violence and the hypothesis of lesser seriousness – Psychophysical consequences suffered by the victim judged to be of such a magnitude that the act cannot be considered less serious
Any form of psycho-physical coercion capable of affecting the freedom of people’s self-determination is sufficient for the offence of sexual violence to be committed - Cultural differences are irrelevant in offences against fundamental human rights
The offence of sexual violence is committed in the case of a slap on the bottom - Sexual act capable of embodying sexual pleasure or arousing the stimulus thereof
Sexual violence criminal offence - Foreigner accused of a crime against the person or the family – Defendant’s cultural and religious differences are in no way justifications
Negligent termination of pregnancy and manslaughter - Medical liability
Article 11 (right to freedom of assembly), Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), Article 14 (right not to be discriminated against) - Repeated refusals to authorise gay-pride parades
The husband initiated proceedings under the Hague Convention for the minor’s return to Norway and obtained an order from the Latvian courts - The applicant claimed this decision violated their right to family life and was made through a flawed procedure - Violation of Article 6 with respect to the right to adversarial proceedings and equality of arms
The applicant’s complaint that her accusations of rape had not been properly investigated and that she had been deprived of her procedural rights - A violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)
Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 11 (freedom of assembly) - the applicant alleged that she was subjected to excessive use of force by the police during her arrest at a peaceful demonstration - The protection of peaceful demonstrators from disproportionate state actions
Pre-adoption foster placement of child despite father’s acquittal for domestic violence and his regained custody of the child’s elder brothers - Violation of Article 8
Article 8 (Respect for family life) - Long-term placement of applicants’ child in foster care and granting of limited contact rights - Authorities’ failure to consider possibility of family reunification in light of child’s best interests
The applicants complained that Lithuanian law dissuaded healthcare professionals from assisting in home births - No violation of Article 8
Dissenting / Concurring: Julia Laffranque
Order to provide genetic sample in context of paternity proceedings - No violation
Articles 8, 13 and 14 - Absence of a procedure allowing intersex people to change their gender and name records according to their self-identification
Refusal to allow a deceased man’s sperm to be exported at the request of a parent wishing to become a grandparent or continue the family line - inadmissible
Article 14 (+ Article 3) (Discrimination) - Conviction for minor offence and EUR 40 fine for violent homophobic attack, without investigating hate motives, and subsequent discontinuance of criminal proceedings on ne bis in idem grounds
A transgender woman, claimed discrimination after being asked to leave a club in Turkey due to her gender identity - No violation of Article 8 (right to private life) in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination)
This case concerned the Norwegian authorities’ decision to remove a mother’s parental authority and let foster parents adopt her son - The applicants complained about the domestic authorities’ decision to remove the mother’s parental authority and let the child’s foster parents adopt him - Violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)
Dissenting / Concurring: Jon Fridrik Kjølbro, Alena Poláčková, Pauliine Koskelo, Dag Bugge Nordén/Egidijus Kūris, Ranzoni, Yudkivska, Harutyunyan, Paczolay, Chanturia
Article 8 (Respect for family life) - Transfer of child back to biological parents after nine years in care of foster mother - Foster mother and children denied access to child following his transfer to biological parents after nine years in foster care