Andersena v. Latvia, ECtHR, 79441/17, 19/09/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

E.B. v. Romania, ECtHR,49089/10, 19/03/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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)

Ebru Dinçer v. Turkey, ECtHR, 43347/09, 29/01/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

Haddad v. Spain, ECtHR, 16572/17, 18/06/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

K.O. and V.M. v. Norway, ECtHR, 64808/16, 19/11/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

Kosaitė-Čypienė and Others v. Lithuania, ECtHR, 69489/12, 04/06/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

The applicants complained that Lithuanian law dissuaded healthcare professionals from assisting in home births - No violation of Article 8

Dissenting / Concurring: Julia Laffranque

Mifsud v. Malta, ECtHR, 62257/15, 29/01/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

Order to provide genetic sample in context of paternity proceedings - No violation

Petithory Lanzmann v. France, ECtHR, 23038/19, 12/11/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

Strand Lobben and Others v. Norway, ECtHR, 37283/13, 10/09/2019 [GC]
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

V.D. and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 72931/10, 09/04/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

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

Wunderlich v. Germany, ECtHR, 18925/15, 10/01/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

Article 8 (Respect for family life) - Temporary placement in children’s home due to parents’ refusal to send children to school - No violation

X v. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ECtHR, 29683/16, 17/01/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

Article 8 (Respect for Private Life and Positive Obligations) - Unsuccessful attempt to change gender data in the birth register for over six years by a transgender person who had not yet undergone sex reassignment surgery

Dissenting / Concurring: Pejchal, Wojtyczek

Zelikha Magomadova v. Russia, ECtHR, 58724/14, 08/10/2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2019

Widow denied access to her children by relatives-in-law in defiance of court orders and later arbitrarily deprived of parental authority - Violation of Article 8

C-451/16, CJEU, 26/06/2018
Court: Court of Justice of the European Union
 | 2018

Conditions for recognition of change of gender — National legislation under which such recognition is subject to the annulment of any marriage entered into before that change of gender — Refusal to grant a person who has changed gender a State retirement pension as from the pensionable age for persons of the gender acquired

Judge Rapporteur: T. von Danwitz

C-673/16, CJEU, 05/06/2018
Court: Court of Justice of the European Union
 | 2018

Right of Union citizens to move and reside freely in the territory of the Member States — Definition of ‘spouse’ — Marriage between persons of the same sex

Judge Rapporteur: M. Ilešič