Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) - Ill-treatment of a woman by Turkish police officers during detention

The complaint by three women that the restrictions on abortion in Ireland stigmatised and humiliated them, risked damaging their health, and, in the third applicant’s case, even her life - violation of Article 8 (right to private and family life) in respect of the third applicant

Article 10 (Freedom of expression) - Seizure of translation of erotic literary work and conviction of publisher

Article 11 (Freedom of association and Freedom of peaceful assembly) - Repeated refusals to authorise gay-pride parades

Refusal of German courts to allow the applicant to see his biological children, twins, with whom he had never lived - Violation of Article 8

Inability of biological father to establish in law his paternity of children born to a married woman with whom he had been cohabiting - No violation

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Differences in procedural requirements for early release depending on length of sentence

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Difference in treatment on grounds of sexual orientation in relation to child-support regulations

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Difference in treatment on grounds of sexual orientation in relation to child-support regulations

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 3 (Expulsion) - Risk of ill-treatment in case of deportation to Afghanistan of a woman separated from her husband - Deportation would constitute a violation

A Swiss mother, fearing her son would be taken abroad by his father, fled Israel to Switzerland, but the Swiss Federal Court later ordered her to return the child to Israel - There would be a violation of Article 8

Article 3 (Degrading treatment, Inhuman treatment, and Expulsion) - Alleged risk of female genital mutilation if applicant returned to Nigeria - Inadmissible

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Exclusion of person in homosexual relationship from insurance cover as dependant of a civil servant - Admissible

Article 14 (Discrimination) - Restriction on transsexual mother's access to her child - No violation

Article 4 (Trafficking in human beings) and Article 2 (Effective investigation) - Failure by Cyprus to establish suitable framework to combat trafficking in human beings or to take operational measures to protect victims and failure by Russia to conduct effective investigation into recruitment of a young woman on its territory by traffickers - Failure by Cypriot authorities to conduct effective homicide investigation, in particular, as regards securing relevant evidence abroad under international convention for mutual assistance

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

Unmarried woman of a certain age debarred from adopting a second child - No violation of Article 14