Articles 12 and 14 - The applicants considered that the limitation of marriage to persons of different sexes constitutes a discriminatory infringement of the right to marry - No violation

Denial of the survivor's pension to his cohabiting gay partner being provided for heterosexual partnership or married couples only - Violation of the right to equal protection

Dismissal of a military police officer pursuant to the army's rules of discipline prohibiting homosexual acts is incompatible with the Inter-American system's principles of equality and non-discrimination

Article (Freedom of expression) - Seizure and confiscation for more than five years of all copies of edition of a magazine containing article on “pornography”

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Failure to take into account possible discriminatory motives in investigation of homophobic attack

Article 5 - The applicant alleged that his detention had been unjustified, a situation not remedied by adequate judicial supervision

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Discrimination between unmarried same-sex couples and unmarried different-sex couples in obtaining family reunification

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Refusal to grant a residence permit for family reasons to a foreign same-sex partner 

Technical requirements relating to blood and blood components, blood donation — Eligibility criteria for blood donors, persons whose sexual behaviour puts them at a high risk of acquiring severe infectious diseases that can be transmitted by blood — Man who has had sexual relations with another man

Article 3 (Positive obligations) and Article 14 (Discrimination) - State’s failure to protect demonstrators from homophobic violence and to launch effective investigation - State’s failure to protect demonstrators from homophobic violence and to launch effective investigation

Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Gender reassignment surgery made conditional on proof that the person concerned was no longer able to procreate

Minimum standards for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status — Fear of persecution on grounds of sexual orientation — Differences between, on the one hand, the limitations that apply to the verification of statements and documentary or other evidence as regards the declared sexual orientation of an applicant for asylum and, on the other hand, those that apply to the verification of those elements as regards other grounds for persecution

Article 8 (Positive obligations/Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Refusal to give applicant female identity number following sex change unless marriage was transformed into a civil partnership

Article 10 (Freedom of expression) - Publisher ordered to pay damages for an article harshly critical of MP’s remarks and conduct during parliamentary debate on legal regulation of same-sex relationships

Article 8 (Positive obligations and Respect for private life) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Refusal to prosecute for a joke made during television comedy show about homosexual celebrity referred to as a ‘female’

The applicant argues that having been subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in his country, he cannot be deported to his country because he would face immediate execution

Collective agreement which restricts a benefit in respect of pay and working conditions to employees who marry – Exclusion of partners entering into a civil solidarity pact – Discrimination based on sexual orientation

Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation – Concept of ‘facts from which it may be presumed that there has been discrimination’ – Public statements ruling out the recruitment of a footballer presented as being homosexual

Minimum standards relating to the conditions for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Well-founded fear of being persecuted on account of membership of a particular social group – Acts sufficiently serious to justify such a fear, legislation criminalising homosexual acts

An allegation by the applicant, who claimed to be homosexual, that he would be at risk of ill-treatment if he were to be returned to Sierra Leone - Inadmissible