Article 2 (substantive and procedual) - Acid attack on a woman in the street - Court having regard to general situation of violence against women in Albania
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Article 2 (substantive and procedual) - Acid attack on a woman in the street - Court having regard to general situation of violence against women in Albania
Female employees of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism - Retirement at the age of 65 of female workers who have fulfilled the prerequisites for receipt of a pension by virtue of having reached the age of 61 and having accumulated twenty years of contributions on or before 31 December 2011, whereas male workers in identical employment circumstances will retire at the age of 66 years and three months/seven months
Judicial correction of the assigned gender – Possibility subject to modifications to the sex characteristics of the interested party – The modification of primary sexual characteristics through surgery is necessary
Judicial correction of the assigned gender – Identification of the interested party in the opposite gender even in the absence of the modifications to the primary sex characteristics
Succession - Infringement of the principle of equality between men and women – Men preferred to women in choosing the heir
Discrimination against women - Recruitment requirements in contrast to the principle of equality not taking into account the existence of the height difference generally found between men and women
Persecutory acts and stalking - Family abuse - Relationship between the offence of persecutory acts and that of family abuse when cohabitation has ceased
Sexual violence criminal offence - Woman with disabilities as victim of the criminal offence - Reliability of the woman's statements
Ill-treatment in the workplace - Repeated acts of harassment - Offence of ill-treatment also for working relationships in which the environment is comparable to a family
Sexual violence criminal offence - Woman with disabilities as victim of the criminal offence - abuse of mental inferiority conditions
Sexual violence and sexual acts with a minor – Regarding child sexual assault, the second interview of the offended parties must be limited to exceptional cases
Article 8 (Positive obligations and Respect for private life) - Legal requirements for rectification of civil status for transgender persons
Dissenting / Concurring: Ranzoni
The investigation carried out by the Belgian authorities after the applicant had lodged a criminal complaint alleging rape and indecent assault - A violation of the procedural aspect of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment)
Article 10 (Freedom of expression) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Legislative prohibition on the promotion of homosexuality among minors reinforcing stigma and prejudice and encouraging homophobia - Unjustified difference in treatment between heterosexual majority and homosexual minority
Dissenting / Concurring: Dedov
Equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation — Competition for entry to the police school of a Member State — Law of that state imposing a minimum physical height requirement on all candidates for admission to that competition
Judge Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Directive 92/85/EEC, Article 4(1), Protection of the safety and health of workers — Breastfeeding worker, risk assessment of her work, challenged by the worker concerned — Directive 2006/54/EC, Article 19, equal treatment, discrimination on grounds of sex
Judge Rapporteur: F. Biltgen
Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, male and female workers — Equal treatment in matters of social security — National legislation excluding days not worked from the contribution period for the purpose of establishing the duration of the benefit
Judge Rapporteur: F. Biltgen
Refusal of the authorities of the Ministry of Justice to bear the cost of the applicant’s gender reassignment despite medical evidence of urgently needed treatment
Investigations carried out without due diligence - 'Crime of passion' as a part of a stereotype justifying violence against women and excusing the aggressor's conduct - State's stereotyped assessment of the investigation on the victim's personal relationships and lifestyle - Victim blaming by State agents
Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8 - Refusal to grant a paternity leave to the partner of the mother