Article 14 (Discrimination) - Refusal to recognize a homosexual's right to transfer a lease after the death of his partner
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Article 14 (Discrimination) - Refusal to recognize a homosexual's right to transfer a lease after the death of his partner
Article 14 (Discrimination) - Refusal of reversionary pension to survivor of civil partnership between two people of the same sex
Article 14 (Discrimination) - Exclusion of person in homosexual relationship from insurance cover as dependant of a civil servant - Admissible
Dissenting / Concurring: Vajić, Malinverni
Article 14 (Discrimination) - Restriction on transsexual mother's access to her child - No violation
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
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
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
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
Survivors’ benefits under a compulsory occupational pensions scheme – Refusal because the persons concerned were not married – Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Judge Rapporteur: J. Klučka
Refusal to grant approval for the purposes of adoption, on the ground of the applicant’s lifestyle as a lesbian living with another woman - The Court considered that the reference to the applicant's homosexuality had been, if not explicit, at least implicit, and that the influence of the applicant’s avowed homosexuality on the assessment of her application had been established and, having regard to the foregoing, had been a decisive factor in the decision to refuse her authorisation to adopt - The domestic authorities had made a distinction based on considerations regarding her sexual orien
Dissenting / Concurring: Jean-Paul Costa, Riza Türmen, Mindia Ugrekhelidze, Danutė Jočienė, Boštjan Zupančič, Loukis Loucaides, Antonella Mularoni / Peer Lorenzen, Sverre Erik Jebens
Article 11 (Freedom of peaceful assembly) Article 13 (Effective remedy) Article 14 (Discrimination) - Unlawful refusal to grant permission for a march and meetings to protest against homophobia - Belated quashing of an unlawful refusal to grant permission for a march and meetings to protest against homophobia - Possibility that a municipal authority's refusal to grant permission to protest against homophobia was influenced by the mayor's publicly expressed views
Right to sexual orientation and identity - Anti-discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity rules - Measures regarding employment and social integration for persons who suffer discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
Refusal to award a retirement pension at the age of 60 to a transsexual who has undergone male-to-female gender reassignment surgery
Judge Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Transsexual partner not entitled to a survivor's pension payable solely to a surviving spouse − Discrimination on grounds of sex
Judge Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Article 8 (Respect for private life) - Transsexual denied legal recognition of her gender change and refused retirement pension from the age applicable to other women
The applicant complained that, if expelled to Iran, he would face a real risk of treatment contrary to Article 3 of the Convention on account of his sexual orientation - Inadmissible
Article 14 (Discrimination) - Discrimination between homosexual and heterosexual partners as regards transmission of tenancy rights on the death of one of the partners
Dissenting / Concurring: Grabenwarter
Article 14 (Discrimination) - Different age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts
Deprivation of the enjoyment and exercise of certain labour rights of migrant workers incompatible with obligation to respect and ensure the principles of legal equality, non-discrimination and the equal and effective protection of the law - Attention to all the areas of discriminatory human behaviour, including sexual orientation
Dissenting / Concurring: Cançado Trindade / García Ramírez / Hernán Salgado Pesantes / Abreu-Burelli
Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 - The applicant alleged discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and on the grounds of age, on the basis that the legislation set down different ages of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts
Dissenting / Concurring: Lemmens, Vehabović, Bošnjak / Pinto de Albuquerque / Lemmens, Vehabović, Ranzoni, Bošnjak