Favela Nova Brasilia v. Brazil, IACtHR, Series C No. 333, 16/02/2017
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

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

Gutiérrez Hernández et al. v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 339, 24/08/2017
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

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

OC-24/17, Gender Identity, Equality and Non-Discrimination of Same-Sex Couples: State Obligations Concerning Change of Name, Gender Identity, and Rights Derived from a Relationship between Same-Sex Couples, IACtHR, Series A No. 24, 24/11/2017
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

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

A.H. and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 6033/13, 17/01/2017
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

Ban on adoption of Russian children by US nationals - Violation of Article 14

Achim v. Romania, ECtHR, 45959/11, 24/10/2017
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

Article 8 (Respect for family life) -Temporary placement of children in care owing to family’s lack of means and parental neglect - No violation

B.V. v. Belgium, ECtHR, 61030/08, 02/05/2017
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

The investigation carried out by the Belgian authorities after the applicant had lodged a criminal complaint alleging rape and indecent assault - A violation of the procedural aspect of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment)

Bayev and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 67667/09, 44092/12, 56717/12, 20/06/2017
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

Article 10 (Freedom of expression) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Legislative prohibition on the promotion of homosexuality among minors reinforcing stigma and prejudice and encouraging homophobia - Unjustified difference in treatment between heterosexual majority and homosexual minority

Dissenting / Concurring: Dedov

Laborie v. France, ECtHR, 44024/13, 19/01/2017
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

Refusal of the French authorities to transcribe the Ukrainian birth certificates of surrogate-born children into the French register of births

Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 57818/09 + other 14, 07/02/2017
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2017

Article 11 (Freedom of peaceful assembly) Article 13 (Effective remedy) - Arbitrary and discriminatory power of authorities to propose changes in location, time or manner of conduct of a public event - Lack of effective remedy allowing an enforceable judicial decision against authorities’ refusal to approve the location, time or manner of conduct of a public event before its planned date