Favela Nova Brasilia v. Brazil, IACtHR, Series C No. 333, 16/02/2017

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

Y. v. Slovenia, ECtHR, 41107/10, 28/05/2015
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2015

Article 3 - The applicant alleged that the criminal proceedings concerning the sexual assaults against her had been unreasonably delayed, lacked impartiality, and exposed her to several traumatic experiences violating her personal integrity

Dissenting / Concurring: Yudkivska

Véliz Franco and Others v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 277, 19/05/2014

Ineffective investigations with many deficiencies after the victim’s mother’s report of the disappearance and later killing of her young minor daughter - Violation of the right to life, to personal integrity, to non-discrimination and the duty of due diligence to prevent and investigate violence against women

Gudiel Álvarez and Others ('Diario Militar') v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 253, 20/11/2012

Forced disappearance of 26 people registered in a 'military diary' between 1983-1985 in the context of an internal conflict - Ineffective investigations - Violation of the right to judicial protection, to personal integrity, and to freedom of association

I.G. v. the Republic of Moldova, ECtHR, 53519/07, 15/05/2012
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2012

A Moldovan national alleged that, at the age of fourteen, she was raped by an acquaintance, she complained that the authorities had not investigated her allegations effectively and that the requirement of corroborative evidence of resistance had been discriminatory against her - Violation of Article 3 (investigation)

P.M. v. Bulgaria, ECtHR, 49669/07, 24/01/2012
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2012

The applicant’s complaint that, raped at the age of 13, the authorities took more than 15 years to complete the ensuing investigation and she had no remedies against their reluctance to prosecute her aggressors - A violation of the authorities’ obligation under Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) 

Rosendo Cantú and Others v. Mexico, IACtHR, Series C No. 216, 31/08/2010

Rape of an indigenous girl by members of the army - Ineffective investigations - State's failure to prevent, investigate and punish violence against women – Violation of the obligation of non-discrimination in accessing justice

Dissenting / Concurring: Abreu Blondet / Espinosa

Yean and Bosico Children v. the Dominican Republic, IACtHR, Series C No. 130, 8/09/2005

Refusal to provide copies of birth certificates requested by two girls born in the Dominican Republic to Dominican mothers by local officials as part of a deliberate policy to deny documents to Dominicans of Haitian descent, resulting in the girls being refused their nationality, not being able to go to school, and facing other serious problems – Violation of the right to equality and non-discrimination, to protection measures, to nationality, to having a legal status and a name, and to be part of a political community

Judge Rapporteur: Discrimination against women, girls, birth certificate, intersectionality

Dissenting / Concurring: Cançado Trinidade

M.C. v. Bulgaria, ECtHR, 39272/98, 4/12/2003
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2003

Article 3 (Positive obligations) and Article 8 (Positive obligations) - Adequacy of protection provided by Bulgarian law for victim of alleged rape - Bulgarian law provided insufficient protection to victim of an alleged act of rape

Dissenting / Concurring: Tulkens