Penitentiary system – Possibility to have a conversation with the spouse, i.e. a party of a civil partnership, a de facto cohabiting partner or a person in a stable emotional relationship, without visual surveillance if, in consideration of the detainee’s behavior, there are no security problems or the need to maintain order and discipline, nor, judicial reasons - Disproportionate violation of personal dignity, of the principles protecting family ties and the detainee’s and his family members’ psycho-physical health 

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

Penitentiary system – Detainees must have conversations under the visual surveillance of custody staff - Alleged impediment to a full emotional relationship between the detainee and the partner, i.e. the spouse or the de facto cohabiting partner

The loss or impairment, even if only psychic, of sexuality constitutes damage - Compensation for psychic suffering due to an incorrect surgical intervention that had altered sexual life

Article 8 – Dismissal of a probation officer working with sex offenders by his employer for his involvement in BDSM-related activities and performing in fetish clubs

Article 8 (Respect for private life) Article 6 (Fair hearing/Equality of arms) Article 7 (Nullum crimen sine lege) - Criminal conviction for certain sadomasochistic practices with others 

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Different age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts

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