X. v. Turkey, ECtHR, 24626/09, 9/10/2012
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2012

Article 3 (Degrading treatment/Inhuman treatment) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Holding of homosexual prisoner in total isolation for more than eight months to protect him from fellow prisoners - Holding of homosexual prisoner in total isolation for more than eight months to protect him from fellow prisoners

Dissenting / Concurring: Jočienė

C-147/08, CJEU, 10/05/2011

Occupational pension scheme in the form of a supplementary retirement pension for former employees of a local authority and their survivors – Method of calculating that pension favouring married recipients over those living in a registered life partnership – Discrimination based on sexual orientation

Judge Rapporteur: D. Šváby

Stasi v. France, ECtHR, 25001/07, 20/10/2011
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2011

Article 3 - The applicant alleges in particular that he was subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment by other detainees while in detention, and considers that the authorities failed to take the necessary measures to protect him from this - 

Dissenting / Concurring: Spielmann, Nußberger

Santos Couto v. Portugal, ECtHR, 31874/07, 21/09/2010
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2010

Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) in conjunction with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) - The applicant argued that his conviction for homosexual activities with adolescents had been discriminatory as it had been based on his sexual orientation - No violation 

Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, ECtHR, 30141/04, 24/06/2010
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2010

Article 14 (Discrimination) Article 8 (Respect for family life) Article 12 (Marry) - Inability of same-sex couple to marry - Cohabiting same-sex couple living in a stable relationship constitute “family life” - Inability of same-sex couple to marry

Dissenting / Concurring: Rozakis, Spielmann, Jebens / Malinverni, Kovler

González and Others ('Cotton Field') v. Mexico, IACtHR, Series C No. 205, 16/11/2009

Disappearance, torture, rape, brutal mutilation and death of three young women in cotton field in a context of insecurity and violence, especially against women - Violation of the right to life, to humane treatment, to personal liberty as well as the duty to investigate, prevent and punish violence against women

Dissenting / Concurring: García-Sayan / Medina Quiroga

Schlumpf v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 29002/06, 08/01/2009
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2009

Article 6 (Fair hearing/Public hearing) Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Refusal to hear expert evidence in case concerning liability for medical costs incurred in connection with sex-change operation and lack of public hearing in case concerning liability for medical costs incurred in connection with sex-change operation - Balancing of competing interests of applicant and her insurers in case concerning liability for medical costs incurred in connection with a sex-change operation

Dissenting / Concurring: Vajić, Jebens