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

Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Prosecution and conviction for sado-masochistic practices

Refusal to register post-operative transsexual as father of child born to partner by artificial insemination by donor - No violation

Article 8 (Positive obligations and Respect for family life) - Refusal to register post-operative transsexual as father of child born to partner by artificial insemination by donor

Protection of working mothers – Prohibition of dismissal of female workers during pregnancy and childbirth – Alleged unequal treatment with respect to domestic and family service workers

Article 5(1) of the Directive 76/207/EEC precludes dismissal of a transsexual for a reason related to a gender reassignment – Intention to undergo gender reassignment, surgery to give the physical attributes of a woman – Discrimination is based, essentially if not exclusively, on the sex of the person concerned 

Equality before the law without distinction of sex - Possibility for all citizens, of both sexes, to have equal access to public and elected offices in equal shares

Detention, rape, and torture of a woman by the Turkish security forces during a counter-terrorism operation – Violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture), Article 5 (right to liberty and security), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy)

Equal treaetment of men and women - Equally qualified candidates of different sexes - Priority given to women

Working mother - Right to optional abstention from work for six months in the first year of the child's life – Abstention also granted to the father, but only if the mother is employed, not if she is self-employed

Exclusion of women from access to public office - Unjustified discrimination on grounds of sex

Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions

Positive actions for female entrepreneurship - Financial incentives to businesses run by women or predominantly owned by women

(Direct or indirect) discrimination on grounds of sex - Prohibition of any discrimination between men and women with regard to access to employment and, in particular, to public office

Days off to breastfeed during child’s first year – The father cannot take days off to breastfeed in place of a mother renouncing them – Violation of equality in marriage, parental responsibilities and of the protection of motherhood and children 

Protection of female workers – Dismissal for marriage - Prohibition to subject the female employee, within the specified limits, other than individual licensing, to collective licensing procedures for downsizing or temporary layoff