Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, male and female workers — Equal treatment in matters of social security — National legislation excluding days not worked from the contribution period for the purpose of establishing the duration of the benefit
Judge Rapporteur: F. Biltgen
Female employees of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism - Retirement at the age of 65 of female workers who have fulfilled the prerequisites for receipt of a pension by virtue of having reached the age of 61 and having accumulated twenty years of contributions on or before 31 December 2011, whereas male workers in identical employment circumstances will retire at the age of 66 years and three months/seven months
Judicial correction of the assigned gender – Possibility subject to modifications to the sex characteristics of the interested party – The modification of primary sexual characteristics through surgery is necessary
Judicial correction of the assigned gender – Identification of the interested party in the opposite gender even in the absence of the modifications to the primary sex characteristics
Succession - Infringement of the principle of equality between men and women – Men preferred to women in choosing the heir
Verification of the parental relationship between a child born abroad as a result of surrogacy and the “intended parent” – Protection for child’s best interests
Discrimination against women - Recruitment requirements in contrast to the principle of equality not taking into account the existence of the height difference generally found between men and women
Medically assisted heterologous procreation abroad in a married couple - Father's consent to medically assisted heterologous procreation abroad cannot be withdrawn – Rescission of paternity
Persecutory acts and stalking - Family abuse - Relationship between the offence of persecutory acts and that of family abuse when cohabitation has ceased
Sexual violence criminal offence - Woman with disabilities as victim of the criminal offence - Reliability of the woman's statements
Ill-treatment in the workplace - Repeated acts of harassment - Offence of ill-treatment also for working relationships in which the environment is comparable to a family
Obstetric violence – Obstetricians responsible for culpably causing termination of pregnancy - Intrauterine fetal death and therefore abortion
Sexual violence criminal offence - Woman with disabilities as victim of the criminal offence - abuse of mental inferiority conditions
Obligation to provide information on the risks of continuing pregnancy - Medical liability - Failure to provide informed consent
Sexual violence and sexual acts with a minor – Regarding child sexual assault, the second interview of the offended parties must be limited to exceptional cases
Execution, torture and sexual assault of, inter alia, young girls, including minors, by police officers during a drug raid, with removal of corpses and obstruction of proper investigation – Violation of the rights to judicial protection, to physical, mental, and moral integrity, to move freely within a state and to a hearing within reasonable time by a competent and independent tribunal
Investigations carried out without due diligence - 'Crime of passion' as a part of a stereotype justifying violence against women and excusing the aggressor's conduct - State's stereotyped assessment of the investigation on the victim's personal relationships and lifestyle - Victim blaming by State agents
Scope of the rights to a name, to privacy, and to equal protection of the laws under the Pact of San José – Protection of the change of name, and the rectification of public records and identity documents in conformity to an individual’s gender identity – States’ obligation to extend all existing mechanisms, including marriage, to same-sex couples
Dissenting / Concurring: Vio Grossi / Siera Porto
Ban on adoption of Russian children by US nationals - Violation of Article 14
Article 8 (Positive obligations and Respect for private life) - Legal requirements for rectification of civil status for transgender persons
Dissenting / Concurring: Ranzoni