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
Forced sterilization of an immigrant woman from Peru during a caesarean section without her prior and informed consent - Court's recognition of the impact of gendered power relations on dignity, suffering, health and the enjoyment of women's sexual and reproductive rights - Discrimination in access to health affects women’s freedom to decide freely on their bodies and their reproductive health - Violation of the right to non-discrimination, to personal freedom and integrity, dignity, private and family life, access to information and founding a family
Dissenting / Concurring: Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot
Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and age — Payment of a survivor’s benefit to the civil partner — Partnership contracted before the 60th birthday of the member of the scheme
Judge Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Measures to improve the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding — National law providing for an allowance for ordinary magistrates in respect of expenses which they incur in the performance of their professional functions — No entitlement for an ordinary magistrate to that allowance in the case of compulsory maternity leave taken prior to 1 January 2005
Judge Rapporteur: M. Safjan
Possibility of weighing, in the specific case, whether it is in the best interests of the minor child to maintain meaningful relations with the biological parent's ex-partner [in particular, following the termination of the homo-affective cohabitation between them]
Legitimate children’s surname - Automatic attribution of the father’s surname even if desired otherwise by the parents [who may so jointly request to give the child also the mother’s surname]
Recognition in Italy of a foreign judgment establishing the child’s adoption by the parent's spouse - Civil partnership between adoptee and biological parent merged in same-sex marriage celebrated abroad
Medically assisted reproduction - Experimental research on human embryos – Ban on clinical and experimental research on human embryos not aimed at protecting the health and at developing the embryo itself
Provisions of international and EU law on so-called ‘gender-based violence’ – Family abuse – Alleged victim of stalking
Italian Cassazione recognizes stepchild adoption in special cases - Adoption in ‘special cases’ is the legal instrument for the intended parent in same-sex couples - The sexual orientation of the adoptive parent is not relevant
Registration in Italy of a foreign birth certificate establishing two same-sex parents – Foreign birth certificate recognizing the child has two mothers
Voluntary termination of pregnancy – Illegal abortions performed in private doctor’s office for a fee
Denial of the survivor's pension to his cohabiting gay partner being provided for heterosexual partnership or married couples only - Violation of the right to equal protection
Dissenting / Concurring: Ventura Robles / Vio Grossi
Dismissal of a military police officer pursuant to the army's rules of discipline prohibiting homosexual acts is incompatible with the Inter-American system's principles of equality and non-discrimination
Recruitment of hundreds of female and male workers from low-income communities to work in a privately-owned cattle ranch with the promise of good salaries followed by forced labor and servitude, inhumane working and deplorable living conditions, including withholding of wages, threats and violence under the constant vigilance by armed guards - Violation of the right to freedom from slavery and trafficking, to judicial protection, and to effective remedy
Dissenting / Concurring: Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot / Vio Grossi / Sierra Porto
Illegal and arbitrary detention, and killing of women human rights defenders in a context of systematic gendered violence - Violation of the right to life, to dignity, and to freedom and security
Dissenting / Concurring: Ferrer Mac Gregor-Poisot / Vio Grossi
Technical requirements relating to blood and blood components, blood donation — Eligibility criteria for blood donors, persons whose sexual behaviour puts them at a high risk of acquiring severe infectious diseases that can be transmitted by blood — Man who has had sexual relations with another man
Judge Rapporteur: M. Safjan