Gang rape criminal offence - Failure to apply the extenuating circumstance regarding minor offences - Alleged violation of the principle of equality and the re-educative function of punishment
Reducing someone to a ‘condition similar to slavery’ is an offence - Slavery, trafficking in persons and coercion - Prostitution under systematic violence and segregation
Article 8 (Respect for family life) - Adequacy of measures taken by authorities to enforce court decisions ordering return of children to their mother
Dissenting / Concurring: R. Maruste, A. Diculescu-Şova
Protection of female workers, compulsory ‘post-partum’ maternity leave - Hypothesis of premature birth - Commencement of the period of such leave suitable for ensuring adequate protection for mother and child
Protection of female workers – Maternity allowance – Alleged violation of the principle of equal treatment, as well as that of the protection of the family
Alleged violation of the rights of working women – Maternity and childhood – Mothers engaged in community service
Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Conviction for gross indecency involving several men in private
Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Dismissal of homosexuals from armed forces following intrusive questioning
Dissenting / Concurring: Loucaides
Refusal to grant custody to a parent living in a homosexual relationship - Violation of Article 8 and 14
Article 8 (Respect for private life) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Discharge from army due to implementation of policy against participation of homosexual in armed forces - Discharge from army due to implementation of policy against participation of homosexual in armed forces
Dissenting / Concurring: Loucaides
Equal treatment of men and women – Refusal of travel concessions to cohabitees of the same sex
Judge Rapporteur: J.-P. Puissochet
Equal treatment for men and women – Refusal to employ a woman as a chef in the Royal Marines
Judge Rapporteur: J.-P. Puissochet
Equal treatment for men and women – Dismissal of a pregnant woman – Absences due to illness arising from pregnancy
Judge Rapporteur: P.J.G. Kapteyn
Protection of working mothers – Maternity allowance, upon request, for the period between the two months prior to the expected date of birth and the three months after the actual date of birth, regardless of the actual date of maternity leave – Alleged unequal treatment of female employees obligated by law to maternity leave during the aforementioned period
Voluntary termination of pregnancy – Husband’s request for compensation for damages – Infringement of “right to paternity”
Behaviour and language that infringe personal dignity and in particular one’s sexual freedom - Sexual harassment in the workplace - Dismissal for just cause
Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) – Request of amendment of birth certificates following gender reassignment by two transgender men – No violation
Dissenting / Concurring: De Meyer, Valticos, Morenilla / Freeland / Bernhardt, Thór Vilhjálmsson, Spielmann, Palm, Wildhaber, Makarczyk, Voicu / Casadevall / van Dijk / Wildhaber
Equal treatment of men and women - Equally qualified male and female candidates - Priority for female candidates
Judge Rapporteur: P. J. G. Kapteyn
Referendum on the voluntary termination of pregnancy – Abortion legalization with the repeal of currently provided for administrative and judicial procedures and controls, as well as the related incriminatory offences
Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Prosecution and conviction for sado-masochistic practices
Dissenting / Concurring: L.-E. Pettiti