C‑274/18, CJEU, 03/10/2019

Less favourable treatment of part-time workers compared to full-time workers as regards their conditions of employment – National legislation fixing a maximum duration of fixed-term employment that is longer for part-time workers than for fulltime workers – Equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, concept of ‘indirect discrimination’ on grounds of sex 

Judge Rapporteur: A. Prechal

E.B. v. Romania, ECtHR,49089/10, 19/03/2019
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2019

The applicant’s complaint that her accusations of rape had not been properly investigated and that she had been deprived of her procedural rights - A violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)

Ebru Dinçer v. Turkey, ECtHR, 43347/09, 29/01/2019
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2019

Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 11 (freedom of assembly) - the applicant alleged that she was subjected to excessive use of force by the police during her arrest at a peaceful demonstration - The protection of peaceful demonstrators from disproportionate state actions

X v. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ECtHR, 29683/16, 17/01/2019
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2019

Article 8 (Respect for Private Life and Positive Obligations) - Unsuccessful attempt to change gender data in the birth register for over six years by a transgender person who had not yet undergone sex reassignment surgery

Dissenting / Concurring: Pejchal, Wojtyczek

26663, CSC, 22/10/2018
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2018

Principle of non-discrimination - Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006: “it is also appropriate to make express provision for the protection of the employment rights of women on maternity leave and in particular their right to return to the same or an equivalent post, to suffer no detriment in their terms and conditions as a result of taking such leave and to benefit from any improvement in working conditions to which they would have been entitled during their absence”