301/2012, CC, 11/12/2012
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2012

Penitentiary system – Detainees must have conversations under the visual surveillance of custody staff - Alleged impediment to a full emotional relationship between the detainee and the partner, i.e. the spouse or the de facto cohabiting partner

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

Río Negro Massacres v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 250, 4/09/2012

Forced disappearances, murders, inhumane treatment and sexual violence against women in the context of the massacres against members of Río Negro community perpetrated by the Army of Guatemala and members of the Civilian Self-Defense Patrols - Violation of freedom from slavery, freedom of association, movement and residence, conscience and religion, the right to humane treatment, to life, to a fair trial, and to judicial protection

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

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

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

Xákmok Kásek Indigenous Community. v. Paraguay, IACtHR, Series C No. 214, 24/08/2010

State's inability to recover ancestral property belonging to the Xákmok Kásek indigenous community - Lack of access to property and possession threatening the survival of the community, resulting in nutritional, medical and health vulnerability of its members, particularly pregnant women, children, and the elderly - Violation of the right to judicial protection, to life, to personal integrity, to non-discrimination, to property as well as children rights

Judge Rapporteur: Discrimination against women, gender-based violence, property

Dissenting / Concurring: Vio Grossi / Fogel Pedrozo

González and Others ('Cotton Field') v. Mexico, IACtHR, Series C No. 205, 16/11/2009

Disappearance, torture, rape, brutal mutilation and death of three young women in cotton field in a context of insecurity and violence, especially against women - Violation of the right to life, to humane treatment, to personal liberty as well as the duty to investigate, prevent and punish violence against women

Dissenting / Concurring: García-Sayan / Medina Quiroga

Las Dos Erres Massacre v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 211, 24/11/2009

Rape and forced abortion by inhuman treatment of women and girls in the context of the extrajudicial execution of 251 members of the Las Dos Erres community by the Guatemalan armed forces - Ineffective investigations - Violation of the right to dignity and of the duty to investigate, prevent and punish acts of violence against women

Judge Rapporteur: Sexual violence, forced abortion, ill-treatment discrimination against women, intersectionality

Dissenting / Concurring: Cadena Rámila