Xákmok Kásek Indigenous Community. v. Paraguay, IACtHR, Series C No. 214, 24/08/2010

State's inability to recover ancestral property belonging to the Xákmok Kásek indigenous community - Lack of access to property and possession threatening the survival of the community, resulting in nutritional, medical and health vulnerability of its members, particularly pregnant women, children, and the elderly - Violation of the right to judicial protection, to life, to personal integrity, to non-discrimination, to property as well as children rights

Judge Rapporteur: Discrimination against women, gender-based violence, property

Dissenting / Concurring: Vio Grossi / Fogel Pedrozo

Las Dos Erres Massacre v. Guatemala, IACtHR, Series C No. 211, 24/11/2009

Rape and forced abortion by inhuman treatment of women and girls in the context of the extrajudicial execution of 251 members of the Las Dos Erres community by the Guatemalan armed forces - Ineffective investigations - Violation of the right to dignity and of the duty to investigate, prevent and punish acts of violence against women

Judge Rapporteur: Sexual violence, forced abortion, ill-treatment discrimination against women, intersectionality

Dissenting / Concurring: Cadena Rámila

Perozo and Others v. Venezuela, Series C No. 195, 28/01/2009

Harassment, persecution, physical and verbal attacks against people linked to a television station because of their exercise of their freedom of expression, including twelve women targets of gendered attacks –Intimidating statements made by government officials in a context of high social polarization and conflict – Violation of the right to freedom of expression and to effective investigations

Dissenting / Concurring: Paceri Scaramuzza

Ríos et and Others v. Venezuela, IACtHR, Series C No. 194, 28/01/2009

Harassment, persecution, physical and verbal attacks against people linked to a television channel, including women targeted because of their gender – Intimidating statements made by government officials in a context of high social polarization and conflict – Violation of the right to freedom of expression and to effective investigations

Dissenting / Concurring: Paceri Scaramuzza

C-506/06, CJEU, 26/02/2008

Directive 92/85/EEC, Measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding – Meaning of ‘pregnant worker’; prohibition of dismissal of pregnant workers during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave − Woman dismissed where, at the date she was given notice of her dismissal, her ova had been fertilised in vitro, but not yet transferred to her uterus

Judge Rapporteur: A. Ó Caoimh

C-460/06, CJEU, 11/10/2007

Protection of pregnant women, Directive 92/85/EEC, Article 10, Prohibition on dismissal from the beginning of pregnancy to the end of maternity leave − Period of protection, decision to dismiss a female worker during that period of protection; notification and implementation of the decision to dismiss after the expiry of that period − Equal treatment for male and female workers

Judge Rapporteur: A. Ó Caoimh

Cantoral-Huamaní and García-Santa Cruz v. Peru, IACtHR, Series C No. 167, 10/06/2007

Execution of the female founder of a women's organization in a mining community providing support to the families of miners during a strike, as an attempt to intimidate miners into non unionizing – Violation of the right to life, to humane treatment, to personal liberty, and to freedom of association

Dissenting / Concurring: Ventura Robles

Miguel Castro Castro Prison v. Peru, IACtHR, Series C No. 160, 25/11/2006

Violent attacks, humiliation, physical and psychological abuse, denial of medical care and isolation of 135 female prison inmates - Violation of the right to personal liberty, to humane treatment, to judicial protection, to a fair trial, and violation of the duty to prevent, investigate and punish violence against women

Dissenting / Concurring: Cançado Trindade / García Ramirez

C-191/03, CJEU, 08/12/2005

Equal pay for men and women – Illness arising prior to maternity leave, pregnancy-related illness, person subject to the general sick-leave scheme – Effect on pay, absence offset against the maximum total number of days of paid sick leave over a specified period)

Judge Rapporteur: C. Gulmann