Protection of pregnant women – Direct effect and scope – Fixed-term contract of employment

Article 8 (respect for private life), Article 6 (civil proceedings and fair hearing) – Refusal to order private insurance company to reimburse costs of gender re-assignment surgery 

Equal treatment for men and women – Self-employed activity – Downgrading of medical practices

Reducing someone to a ‘condition similar to slavery’ is an offence - Slavery, trafficking in persons and coercion - Prostitution under systematic violence and segregation

Gang rape criminal offence - Failure to apply the extenuating circumstance regarding minor offences - Alleged violation of the principle of equality and the re-educative function of punishment

Equal treatment for men and women Limitation of access by women to military posts in the Bundeswehr

Protection of female workers, compulsory ‘post-partum’ maternity leave - Hypothesis of premature birth - Commencement of the period of such leave suitable for ensuring adequate protection for mother and child 

Protection of female workers – Maternity allowance – Alleged violation of the principle of equal treatment, as well as that of the protection of the family

Alleged violation of the rights of working women – Maternity and childhood – Mothers engaged in community service

Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Conviction for gross indecency involving several men in private

Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Dismissal of homosexuals from armed forces following intrusive questioning

Refusal to grant custody to a parent living in a homosexual relationship - Violation of Article 8 and 14

Article 8 (Respect for private life) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Discharge from army due to implementation of policy against participation of homosexual in armed forces - Discharge from army due to implementation of policy against participation of homosexual in armed forces

Behaviour and language that infringe personal dignity and in particular one’s sexual freedom - Sexual harassment in the workplace - Dismissal for just cause

Protection of working mothers – Maternity allowance, upon request, for the period between the two months prior to the expected date of birth and the three months after the actual date of birth, regardless of the actual date of maternity leave – Alleged unequal treatment of female employees obligated by law to maternity leave during the aforementioned period

Equal treatment of men and women – Refusal of travel concessions to cohabitees of the same sex

Equal treatment for men and women – Refusal to employ a woman as a chef in the Royal Marines

Equal treatment for men and women – Dismissal of a pregnant woman – Absences due to illness arising from pregnancy

Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) – Request of amendment of birth certificates following  gender reassignment by two transgender men – No violation

Equal treatment of men and women - Equally qualified male and female candidates - Priority for female candidates