Santos Couto v. Portugal, ECtHR, 31874/07, 21/09/2010
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2010

Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) - The applicant argued that his conviction for homosexual activities with adolescents had been discriminatory as it had been based on his sexual orientation - No violation 

Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, ECtHR, 30141/04, 24/06/2010
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2010

Article 14 (Discrimination) Article 8 (Respect for family life) Article 12 (Marry) - Inability of same-sex couple to marry - Cohabiting same-sex couple living in a stable relationship constitute “family life” - Inability of same-sex couple to marry

Dissenting / Concurring: Rozakis, Spielmann, Jebens / Malinverni, Kovler

Schwizgebel v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 25762/07, 10/06/2010
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2010

Unmarried woman of a certain age debarred from adopting a second child - No violation of Article 14

Ternovszky v. Hungary, ECtHR, 67545/09, 14/12/2010
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2010

Liability of health professionals to prosecution effectively depriving expectant mothers of right to medical assistance for home births - Violation of Article 8 (Respect for private life)

Dissenting / Concurring: Dragoljub Popović

151/2009, CC, 01/04/2009
Court: Corte Costituzionale
 | 2009

Medically Assisted Procreation - Possibility of an implantation of up to a maximum of three embryos - The cryopreservation of the embryos is permitted only if the transfer of the embryos into the uterus is not possible due to serious and documented reasons of force majeure relating to the health of the woman which were not foreseeable at the time of fertilisation 

24653, CSC, 27/05/2009
Court: Corte Suprema di Cassazione
 | 2009

Sexual offences committed abroad by an Italian citizen against a foreign citizen – Letters rogatory abroad

González and Others ('Cotton Field') v. Mexico, IACtHR, Series C No. 205, 16/11/2009
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Disappearance, torture, rape, brutal mutilation and death of three young women in cotton field in a context of insecurity and violence, especially against women - Violation of the right to life, to humane treatment, to personal liberty as well as the duty to investigate, prevent and punish violence against women

Dissenting / Concurring: García-Sayan / Medina Quiroga

Las Dos Erres Massacre v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 211, 24/11/2009
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Rape and forced abortion by inhuman treatment of women and girls in the context of the extrajudicial execution of 251 members of the Las Dos Erres community by the Guatemalan armed forces - Ineffective investigations - Violation of the right to dignity and of the duty to investigate, prevent and punish acts of violence against women

Judge Rapporteur: Sexual violence, forced abortion, ill-treatment discrimination against women, intersectionality

Dissenting / Concurring: Cadena Rámila

Perozo and Others v. Venezuela, Series C No. 195, 28/01/2009
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Harassment, persecution, physical and verbal attacks against people linked to a television station because of their exercise of their freedom of expression, including twelve women targets of gendered attacks –Intimidating statements made by government officials in a context of high social polarization and conflict – Violation of the right to freedom of expression and to effective investigations

Dissenting / Concurring: Paceri Scaramuzza

Ríos et and Others v. Venezuela, IACtHR, Series C No. 194, 28/01/2009
Court: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Harassment, persecution, physical and verbal attacks against people linked to a television channel, including women targeted because of their gender – Intimidating statements made by government officials in a context of high social polarization and conflict – Violation of the right to freedom of expression and to effective investigations

Dissenting / Concurring: Paceri Scaramuzza

Cengiz Kılıç v. Turkey, ECtHR, 16192/06, 06/12/2011
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Inability of a father to exercise his contact rights in relation to his son during the course of divorce proceedings - Violation of Article 8 (Respect for family life) 

K.H. and Others v. Slovakia, ECtHR, 32881/04, 28/04/2009
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Former patients prevented from photocopying their medical records - Applicants’ inability to effectively present their case due to authorities’ refusal to grant them access to decisive evidence - Violation of Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) and 6 (Access to court)

Dissenting / Concurring: Ján Šikuta

Schlumpf v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 29002/06, 08/01/2009
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Article 6 (Fair hearing/Public hearing) Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Refusal to hear expert evidence in case concerning liability for medical costs incurred in connection with sex-change operation and lack of public hearing in case concerning liability for medical costs incurred in connection with sex-change operation - Balancing of competing interests of applicant and her insurers in case concerning liability for medical costs incurred in connection with a sex-change operation

Dissenting / Concurring: Vajić, Jebens

Women On Waves and Others v. Portugal, ECtHR, 31276/05, 03/02/2009
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Refusal to allow into territorial waters vessel chartered for use in support of campaign for decriminalisation of voluntary termination of pregnancy - Violation of Article 10

Zaunegger v. Germany, ECtHR, 22028/04, 03/12/2009
Court: European Court of Human Rights
 | 2009

Violation of Article 14 (discrimination) - Inability of father of a child born out of wedlock to obtain joint custody without the mother’s consent - The applicant had been treated differently from mothers or from married or divorced fathers in that he had required his former partner's consent to joint custody

Dissenting / Concurring: Bertram Schmitt