H.W. v. France, ECtHR, 13805/21, 23/01/2025
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2025

Fault-based divorce attributed exclusively to the applicant for failure to fulfil 'marital duties' on the grounds that she had ceased to have sexual relations with her husband - Concept of 'marital duties' runs counter to sexual freedom, the right to bodily autonomy and the states' obligation to prevent and combat domestic and sexual violence - Violation of Article 8

L. and Others v. France, ECtHR, 46949/21, 24989/22 and 39759/22, 24/04/2025
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2025

Art 3 and Art 8 (substantive and procedural) Respondent State having failed to effectively apply a criminal system capable of punishing non-consensual sexual acts by minors - Art 14 (+ Art 3 and Art 8) “Secondary victimisation” of one of the minors due to her exposure by the national authorities to guilt-inducing, moralising remarks conveying sexist stereotypes

N.D. v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 56114/18, 03/04/2025
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2025

Art. 2 - Failure of the national authorities to fulfil their positive obligation to protect the applicant's life from violence by her partner - Acts qualified as violence against women - Lack of sufficient coordination between the various services and shortcomings in the applicable domestic law

Dissenting / Concurring: Von Werdt, Mourou-Vikstrom / Felici, Šimackova / Elosegui

P. v. Poland, ECtHR, 56310/15, 13/02/2025
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2025

Articles 8 (right to respect for private and family life), 10 (freedom of expression) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) - Qualified English and Polish gay teacher, author of an illustrated diary on an internet website for adult gay men, asked to stop by the school principal - Removal from his position as a teacher following a decision of the Disciplinary Commission for breaching 'the dignity of the teaching profession' - Violation of Article 10

Dissenting / Concurring: Joint Dissenting Opinion of Judges Wojtyczek, Paczolay and Poláčková

Á.C. and Others v. Hungary, ECtHR, 66078/17, 12918/19, 13/02/2024
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2024

Transgender individuals complained about the lack of a regulatory framework in Hungary for the legal recognition of their gender identity - Inadmissible - their requests had eventually been granted in 2018, and the waiting period did not constitute an unreasonable delay under Article 8 (right to private life).

Hanovs v. Latvia, ECtHR, 40861/22, 18/07/2024
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2024

Violation of Article 3 and Article 8 + Article 14 (Positive obligations, Effective investigation, and Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation) - Failure to adequately protect the applicant from a homophobic attack by ensuring the effective prosecution of the perpetrator and prosecuting the attack as a hate-motivated offence

M. A. and Others v. France, ECtHR, 63664/19, 64450/19, 24387/20, 24391/20, 24393/20, 25/07/2024
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2024

Article 8 - General and absolute criminalisation of the purchase of sexual acts as part of a comprehensive legislative framework to combat prostitution and human trafficking

M.Ș.D. v. Romania, ECtHR, 28935/21, 03/12/2024
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2024

Art 8 (Positive obligations/Private life) - Inadequate criminal legal framework, at the material time, not affording the applicant protection against acts of online harassment committed by her former intimate partner consisting of the non-consensual public dissemination of intimate photographs of her - Failure to conduct prompt and thorough criminal investigation

Mitrevska v. North Macedonia, ECtHR, 20949/21, 14/05/2024
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2024

Violation of Article 8 (positive obligations and private life) - Inability of the applicant, who was adopted as a child, to obtain information concerning her biological origins and health information about her biological parents - Failure to strike a balance between the competing interests at stake

National Youth Council of Moldova v. the Republic of Moldova, ECtHR, 15379/13, 25/06/2024
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2024

Violation of Article 10 (Freedom of expression) - Refusal by local authorities to authorise the display of an anti-discrimination illustration on advertising billboards for depicting persons with disabilities and Roma in an undignified and humiliating manner

Oghlishvili v. Georgia, ECtHR, 7621/19, 04/07/2024
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2024

Violation of Article 2 (procedural) - Lack of effective investigation into the alleged suicide of the applicant’s daughter in a domestic violence context - Investigative authority’s non-compliance with requirement to display particular diligence and vigour when investigating a case involving violence against women could be read as sheer unwillingness to establish the truth

Side by Side International Film Festival and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 32678/18, 17172/20, and 30564/21
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2024

Art 10 (Positive obligations/Freedom of expression) - Authorities’ years-long failure to secure safe and uninterrupted conduct of annual international LGBT film festival organised by the applicant company - Failure to take comprehensive action and to implement dissuasive measures concerning repeated telephone bomb threats and other false security alarms on film screening days