Members of the Corporation Lawyers Collective 'José Alvear Restrepo' (CAJAR) v. Colombia, IACtHR, Series C No 506, 18/10/2023

Systematic persecution of the Colombian State against members of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective Corporation through harassment, threats, killings, disappearances and physical violence from the 1990s amounts to a violation of the rights to life, personal integrity, privacy, judicial protection, freedom of association, free movement, family protection, children’s rights and defending human rights - Gendered and sexual threats against women human rights defenders particularly targeted because of their gender, including reference to possible sexual violence against them or their da

Dissenting / Concurring: Hernández López / Mudrovitsch / Pérez Goldberg

Angulo Losada v. Bolivia, IACtHR, Series C No. 475, 18/11/2022

Adolescent repeatedly raped by her adult cousin – Ineffective remedies due to domestic authorities’ stereotyped preconceptions as to the applicant as complicit in her own abuse  –  Lack of an intersectional gender and childhood perspective in conducting the criminal process without avoiding revictimization – Violation of the duty of strict and enhanced due diligence and of the special protection required in a complaint of sexual violation against a girl  –  Violation of the rights to humane treatment, a fair trial, equality before the law, private and family life, of the

Barbosa de Souza and Others v. Brazil, IACtHR, Series C No. 435, 7/09/2021

Killing of a young African descent woman and impunity of the perpetrator due a broad application of the parliamentary immunity - Gender stereotypes employed by domestic authorities to the detriment of the victim - Violation of the right to equality before the law, to judicial protection, and to be free from discrimination

Maidanik and Others v. Uruguay, IACtHR, Series C No. 444, 15/11/2021

Extrajudicial killing of two women and forced disappearance of two men - Ineffective investigations - Violation of the right to personal integrity and to judicial protection

Dissenting / Concurring: Sexual violence, discrimination against women, ineffective investigations, disappearance

Azul Rojas Marín v. Peru, IACtHR, Series C No. 402, 12/03/2020

Arbitrary arrest, rape and verbal abuse of a gay, currently trans, man by police officers during detention because of her sexual orientation – Discriminatory torture on the basis of sexual orientation – Violation of the rights to personal liberty, personal integrity, privacy, judicial guarantees and the judicial protection

Guzmán Albarracín and Others v. Ecuador, IACtHR, Series C No. 405, 24/06/2020

Student repeatedly sexually abused by her public school's vice principal - Being pressured by the abuser to have an abortion, she committed suicide - Violation of the right to life, personal integrity, private life, dignity, education, health and to be free from gender violence and discrimination - State's obligation to adopt structural measures to address sexual violence in the school environment, including a policy to provide access to sex and reproductive education

C‑258/17, CJEU, 15/01/2019

Attempted act of same-sex indecency committed by a civil servant on male minors — Disciplinary sanction adopted in 1975, compulsory early retirement accompanied by a reduction in the pension entitlement — Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, effects of the application of Directive 2000/78/EC on the disciplinary sanction, calculation of the retirement pension paid

Judge Rapporteur: M. Safjan

V. R. P., V. P. C. et al. v. Nicaragua, IACtHR, Series C No. 350, 08/03/2018

In cases of violence against children and adolescents, States have a reinforced duty of due diligence requiring the adoption of special protection measures and the development of a procedure adapted to their needs - The State has conducted a revictimised investigation - State's failure to provide a multidisciplinary care and treatment to ensure the coordination of the different State agencies to protect children and adolescents