Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v. Georgia, ECtHR, 7224/11, 8/10/2020
 | 
2020

Article 14 (+ Article3) (Discrimination and Degrading treatment) - Abusive police conduct during search of premises of an LGBT NGO motivated by homophobic and/or transphobic hatred - Wilful humiliation and debasement with the use of hate speech and insults

Azul Rojas Marín v. Peru, IACtHR, Series C No. 402, 12/03/2020

Arbitrary arrest, rape and verbal abuse of a gay, currently trans, man by police officers during detention because of her sexual orientation – Discriminatory torture on the basis of sexual orientation – Violation of the rights to personal liberty, personal integrity, privacy, judicial guarantees and the judicial protection

D.B. and Others v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 58817/15, 58252/15, 22/11/2022
 | 
2020

Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Protracted non-recognition of legal parent-child relationship between child born through gestational surrogacy abroad and intended father who was genetic father’s registered partner

Guzmán Albarracín and Others v. Ecuador, IACtHR, Series C No. 405, 24/06/2020

Student repeatedly sexually abused by her public school's vice principal - Being pressured by the abuser to have an abortion, she committed suicide - Violation of the right to life, personal integrity, private life, dignity, education, health and to be free from gender violence and discrimination - State's obligation to adopt structural measures to address sexual violence in the school environment, including a policy to provide access to sex and reproductive education

Rana v. Hungary, ECtHR, 40888/17, 16/07/2020
 | 
2020

A lawfully settled non-Hungarian transgender person’s request for legal gender recognition, which was refused by the authorities due to a gap in the relevant legislation in force at the material time - By not giving the applicant access to the legal gender recognition procedure, a fair balance had not been struck between the public interest and the applicant’s right to respect for his private life 

S.M. v. Croatia, ECtHR, 60561/14, 25/06/2020 [GC]
 | 
2020

Article 4 (Positive obligations/Effective investigation/Trafficking in human beings) - Failure to hold effective investigation into allegation of human trafficking and exploitation of prostitution

Dissenting / Concurring: Turković / O’Leary, Ravarani / Pastor Vilanova / Serghides

X and Y v. Romania, ECtHR, 2145/16, 20607/16, 19/01/2021
 | 
2020

Article 8 (Positive obligations/Respect for private life) - Refusal of national authorities to recognise male identity of transgender persons in the absence of gender reassignment surgery - Disruption of the fair balance between the general interest not clearly identified and the interests of the applicants