'Juvenile Reeducation Institute' v. Paraguay, IACtHR, Series C No. 112, 2/09/2004

Poor conditions in a detention centre for young people with fires killing nine detainees and injuring many - Violation of the right to judicial protection and to humane treatment given the atmosphere of violence, danger, abuse and mistrust - Violation of the right to life in combination with children's rights in failing to preventing the fire 

Dissenting / Concurring: Cançado Trindade

Plan de Sánchez Massacre v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 116, 29/04/2004

Rape and ill-treatment of twenty girls and young women in the context of the massacre of 268 people, mainly indigenous Mayans, as part of genocidal counter-insurgence state policy against indigenous people – Denial of justice, intimidation and discrimination to the detriment of the survivors and the next of kin of the victims 

Dissenting / Concurring: García Ramírez / 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

B.B. v. the United Kingdom, ECtHR, 53760/00, 10/02/2004 [GC]
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2002

Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 - The applicant alleged discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and on the grounds of age, on the basis that the legislation set down different ages of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts 

Dissenting / Concurring: Lemmens, Vehabović, Bošnjak / Pinto de Albuquerque / Lemmens, Vehabović, Ranzoni, Bošnjak

Sheffield and Horsham v. the United Kingdom, ECtHR, 22985/93, 23390/94, 30/07/1998 [GC]
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1998

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

Loayza Tamayo v. Peru, IACtHR, Series C No. 33, 17/09/1997

Repeated rape and torture of a woman detained on suspicion of participating in alleged terrorist group –Violation of the right to personal liberty, to humane treatment, to non-discrimination and to a fair trial

Dissenting / Concurring: Montiel Argüllo / Cançado Trinidade, Jackman

Aydın v. Turkey, ECtHR, 23178/94, 25/09/1997 [GC]
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1995

Detention, rape, and torture of a woman by the Turkish security forces during a counter-terrorism operation – Violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture), Article 5 (right to liberty and security), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy)

Dissenting / Concurring: Matscher / Pettiti / Gölcüklü, Matscher, Pettiti, De Meyer, Lopes Rocha, Makarczyk, Gotchev / Gölcüklü,Pettiti, De Meyer, Lopes Rocha, Gotchev / Gölcüklü / De Meyer