Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 57818/09 + other 14, 07/02/2017
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2017

Article 11 (Freedom of peaceful assembly) Article 13 (Effective remedy) - Arbitrary and discriminatory power of authorities to propose changes in location, time or manner of conduct of a public event - Lack of effective remedy allowing an enforceable judicial decision against authorities’ refusal to approve the location, time or manner of conduct of a public event before its planned date

C‑335/15, CJEU, 14/07/2016

Measures to improve the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding — National law providing for an allowance for ordinary magistrates in respect of expenses which they incur in the performance of their professional functions — No entitlement for an ordinary magistrate to that allowance in the case of compulsory maternity leave taken prior to 1 January 2005

Judge Rapporteur: M. Safjan

Hacienda Brasil Verde Workers v. Brazil, IACtHR, Series C No. 318, 20/10/2016

Recruitment of hundreds of female and male workers from low-income communities to work in a privately-owned cattle ranch with the promise of good salaries followed by forced labor and servitude, inhumane working and deplorable living conditions, including withholding of wages, threats and violence under the constant vigilance by armed guards - Violation of the right to freedom from slavery and trafficking, to judicial protection, and to effective remedy 

Dissenting / Concurring: Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot / Vio Grossi / Sierra Porto