X. v. Turkey, ECtHR, 24626/09, 9/10/2012
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2012

Article 3 (Degrading treatment/Inhuman treatment) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Holding of homosexual prisoner in total isolation for more than eight months to protect him from fellow prisoners - Holding of homosexual prisoner in total isolation for more than eight months to protect him from fellow prisoners

Dissenting / Concurring: Jočienė

C-147/08, CJEU, 10/05/2011

Occupational pension scheme in the form of a supplementary retirement pension for former employees of a local authority and their survivors – Method of calculating that pension favouring married recipients over those living in a registered life partnership – Discrimination based on sexual orientation

Judge Rapporteur: D. Šváby

Gelman v. Uruguay, IACtHR, Series C No. 221, 24/02/2011
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2011

Forced disappearance of a woman and kidnapping of her daughter during military dictatorship with the child being raised by a Uruguayan policeman and his wife, knowing nothing of her true identity until her paternal grandfather found her decades later - Violation of the right to preservation of identity, and to an effective remedy due to an amnesty law prevent prosecution of authors of serious human rights violations

Dissenting / Concurring: Vio Grossi

Izevbekhai v. Ireland, ECtHR, 43408/08, 17/05/2011
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2011

The respondent government’s proposal to return a Nigerian woman and her two daughters to Nigeria where she claimed her daughters faced the risk of female genital mutilation - There was no evidence sending the applicants back to Nigeria would amount to a violation of Article 3

Stasi v. France, ECtHR, 25001/07, 20/10/2011
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2011

Article 3 - The applicant alleges in particular that he was subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment by other detainees while in detention, and considers that the authorities failed to take the necessary measures to protect him from this - 

Dissenting / Concurring: Spielmann, Nußberger

138/2010, CC, 14/04/2010
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2010

Same-sex future spouses’ request seeking to obtain publication of notice of their intention to marriage - Refusal of the civil registrar since Italian legal system makes no provision for marriage between individuals of the same sex on the grounds that this would be contrary to public order - Refusal to allow persons of homosexual orientation to contract marriage with persons of the same sex

Fernández Ortega and Others v. Mexico, IACtHR, Series C No. 215, 30/08/2010

Torture and rape of an indigenous woman by military personnel - State's failure to comply with due diligence to investigate and punish the perpetrators - Ineffective investigations - Violation of the right to personal integrity, dignity, to private life, to judicial protection and to an effective remedy

Dissenting / Concurring: Espinosa

Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, ECtHR, 25965/04, 07/01/2010
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2010

Article 4 (Trafficking in human beings) and Article 2 (Effective investigation) - Failure by Cyprus to establish suitable framework to combat trafficking in human beings or to take operational measures to protect victims and failure by Russia to conduct effective investigation into recruitment of a young woman on its territory by traffickers - Failure by Cypriot authorities to conduct effective homicide investigation, in particular, as regards securing relevant evidence abroad under international convention for mutual assistance

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

Santos Couto v. Portugal, ECtHR, 31874/07, 21/09/2010
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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
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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