K.K. and Others v. Denmark, ECtHR, 25212/21, 06/12/2022
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2022

Refusal to allow adoption of children born abroad via surrogacy by wife of their genetic father, despite no other possibilities of recognition of a legal parent-child relationship - No obstacles to enjoying family life by children born abroad via surrogacy and their genetic father’s wife, who was granted joint custody but not adoption

M. v. France, ECtHR, 42821/18, 26/04/2022
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2022

Applicability to “feminising” medical procedures carried out on an intersex person during childhood, without the person’s knowledge or consent - Limitation period invoked in response to a criminal complaint by an intersex person concerning feminising medical procedures carried out during childhood, where other remedies were still available - inadmissible

Plazzi v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 44101/18, 08/02/2022
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2022

Cancellation without judicial review of the suspensive effect of fathers’ appeals, thereby enabling their children to leave the country with their mothers and removing the jurisdiction of the domestic courts 

Roth v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 69444/17, 08/02/2022
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2022

Cancellation without judicial review of the suspensive effect of fathers’ appeals, thereby enabling their children to leave the country with their mothers and removing the jurisdiction of the domestic courts -Violation of Article 6.

S.F.K. v. Russia, ECtHR, 5578/12, 11/10/2022
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2022

Article 3 (substantive and procedural) - Abortion performed at a public hospital in breach of medical standards and against the will of a vulnerable young adult coerced by her parents

Dissenting / Concurring: Peeter Roosma, Mikhail Lobov

Y v. Poland, ECtHR, 74131/14, 17/02/2022
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2022

Article 8 (Private and family life/Positive obligations) Article 14 (+ Article 8) - Transgender person unable to obtain a full birth certificate without gender reassignment reference, while its short extract and new ID documents indicate only reassigned gender - Applicant not in analogous situation with adopted children who were issued a new birth certificate in the event of full adoption

Y.P. v. Russia, ECtHR, 43399/13, 20/9/2022
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2022

Sterilisation without consent not reaching a requisite threshold of severity in case circumstances - Decision made in context of unexpected and urgent situation, after thorough consideration by a medical panel, and driven by genuine concerns for health and safety - Failure of doctors to seek and obtain express, free and informed consent for sterilisation, as required by domestic law

Dissenting / Concurring: Georgios A. Serghides, Darian Pavli / María Elósegui

A.M. and Others v. Russia, ECtHR, 47220/19, 6/7/2021
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2021

Article 8 (Family Life) Article 14 (+ Article 8) - Restriction of applicant’s parental rights and deprivation of contact with her children on gender identity grounds and domestic courts’ failure to conduct in-depth examination of entire family situation and of relevant factors - Discrimination on gender identity grounds and lack of convincing and sufficient reasons for difference in treatment vis-a-vis parents whose gender identity matched sex assignment at birth

Dissenting / Concurring: Georges Ravarani, María Elósegui

Abdi Ibrahim v. Norway, ECtHR, 15379/16, 10/12/2021 [GC]
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2021

Article 8 read in light of Article 9 - Shortcomings in decision-making process resulting in severance of mother-child ties, in a context of different cultural and religious backgrounds of mother and adoptive parents

Association ACCEPT and Others v. Romania, ECtHR, 19237/16, 01/06/2021
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2021

Article 14, Article 8 and Article 11- Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation - State’s failure to ensure LGBT event proceeded peacefully, without verbal abuse, and carry out an effective investigation into homophobic motives of counter-demonstrators

Dissenting / Concurring: Grozev, Harutyunyan

Athletics South Africa v. Switzerland, ECtHR, 17670/21, 5/10/2021
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2021

Athletics South Africa challenging the Swiss Federal Supreme Court's decision upholding World Athletics' regulations on testosterone levels for female athletes with Differences in Sexual Development (DSD) – Article 14 and Article 8 – Association not considered as direct and personal victim for the purposes of Article 34