Romanov and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 58358/14, 7146/15, 25887/15, 42395/15, 56617/19, 56637/19, 12/09/2023
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2021

Article 3 (substantive and procedural) read in the light of Article 14 (Positive obligations/Degrading treatment/Discrimination) - Failure to take effective preventive measures aimed at protecting members of LGBTI community from violent verbal and physical hate-motivated attacks by private individuals during demonstrations and to conduct an effective investigation into homophobic motives of counter-demonstrators

Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 57818/09 + other 14, 07/02/2017
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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

Identoba and Others v. Georgia, ECtHR, 73235/12, 12/05/2015
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2015

Article 3 (Positive obligations) and Article 14 (Discrimination) - State’s failure to protect demonstrators from homophobic violence and to launch effective investigation - State’s failure to protect demonstrators from homophobic violence and to launch effective investigation

Dissenting / Concurring: Wojtyczek

İzci v. Turkey, ECtHR, 42606/05, 23/07/2013
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2012

Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 11 (freedom of assembly) – Excessive use of force by the police during a peaceful demonstration – Obligation to respect fundamental rights by public authorities in the context of public demonstrations

Bączkowski and Others v. Poland, ECtHR, 1543/06, 03/05/2007
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2007

Article 11 (Freedom of peaceful assembly) Article 13 (Effective remedy) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Unlawful refusal to grant permission for a march and meetings to protest against homophobia - Belated quashing of an unlawful refusal to grant permission for a march and meetings to protest against homophobia - Possibility that a municipal authority's refusal to grant permission to protest against homophobia was influenced by the mayor's publicly expressed views