Afet Süreyya Eren v. Turkey, ECtHR, 36617/07, 20/10/2015
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2015

Article 10 (freedom of expression) and Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) – Unlawful dismissal of the applicant from her public sector job due to her political affiliations – Insufficiently justified dismissal disproportionately interfering with her rights

Dissenting / Concurring: Kjølbro

C-528/13, CJEU, 29/04/2015

Technical requirements relating to blood and blood components, blood donation — Eligibility criteria for blood donors, persons whose sexual behaviour puts them at a high risk of acquiring severe infectious diseases that can be transmitted by blood — Man who has had sexual relations with another man

Judge Rapporteur: M. Safjan

Dilek Aslan v. Turkey, ECtHR, 34364/08, 20/10/2015
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2015

Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 11 (freedom of assembly) - The applicant complained of excessive police force during her arrest at a protest - The obligation of authorities to ensure the protection of individuals’ rights during peaceful demonstrations

Dissenting / Concurring: Kjølbro / Sajo, Keller, Kuris.

I.P. v. the Republic of Moldova, ECtHR, 33708/12, 28/04/2015
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2015

The applicant alleged that she had been a victim of a breach of Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention on account of the State’s failure to conduct a proper investigation into her allegation of rape committed against her - The applicant also complained that there had not been any effective remedies available to her as required by Article 13 of the Convention in respect of the above breaches.

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

Velásquez Paiz y otros v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 307, 19/11/2015

Feminicide of a young woman including sexual violence - Unjustified wait to report the disappearance to the police and for the police to take formal notice – Violation of state obligation to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women under the Belém do Pará Convention – Violation of the rights to life, to humane treatment, to a fair trial, to privacy and to judicial protection

Dissenting / Concurring: Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot / Vio Grossi / Caldas

Y. v. Slovenia, ECtHR, 41107/10, 28/05/2015
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2015

Article 3 - The applicant alleged that the criminal proceedings concerning the sexual assaults against her had been unreasonably delayed, lacked impartiality, and exposed her to several traumatic experiences violating her personal integrity

Dissenting / Concurring: Yudkivska

C‑148/13, C‑149/13 and C‑150/13, CJEU, 02/12/2014

Minimum standards for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status — Fear of persecution on grounds of sexual orientation — Differences between, on the one hand, the limitations that apply to the verification of statements and documentary or other evidence as regards the declared sexual orientation of an applicant for asylum and, on the other hand, those that apply to the verification of those elements as regards other grounds for persecution

Judge Rapporteur: L. Bay Larsen

Hämäläinen v. Finland, ECtHR, 37359/09, 16/07/2014 [GC]
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2014

Article 8 (Positive obligations/Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Refusal to give applicant female identity number following sex change unless marriage was transformed into a civil partnership

Dissenting / Concurring: Ziemele / Sajó, Keller and Lemmens