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The Court awarded 370,000 euros to a woman victim of gender and domestic violence! Battery, kidnappings and amputation by spouses!

Article 14
16/12/2021 19:32

JUDGMENT Tunikova and others v. Russia 14.12.2021 (app. no. 55974/16, 53118/17, 27484/18 and 28011/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned acts of domestic violence, including death threats, bodily injuries and one case of severe mutilation, which the applicants sustained at the hands of their former partners or husbands, and the domestic authorities’ alleged failure to […]

The ban on holding a religious event and the attack on a religious sect, violated the provisions of the ECHR

Article 11
08/12/2021 19:47

JUDGMENT Center of Societies for Krishna Consciousness in Russia and Frolov v. Russia 23.11.221 (app. no. 37477/11) see here SUMMARY Hostile verbal attack against the Krishna movement and refusal to grant permission for public religious events promoting the teachings of Vaisnavism, a Hindu sect. Based on Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), individually […]

Non-granting of housing allowance on grounds of the age limit does not constitute a violation of the ECHR

1st P - Article 1
10/11/2021 17:48

JUDGMENT Šaltinytė v. Lithuania 26.10.2021 (app. no. 32934/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s allegation of discrimination on the grounds of age when she had applied for housing benefit. The courts had refused her application because she had not complied with the upper age limit of 35 under the relevant domestic law. She […]

Individuals with disabilities are entitled to adequate access to polling stations! Violation of the right to appeal for lack of legal aid for compensation!

1st P - Article 3
06/11/2021 18:56

JUDGMENT Toplak and Mrak v. Slovenia 26.10.2021 (app. no. 34591/19 and 42545/19) see here SUMMARY Disability. Non-discrimination. Appropriate measures for the participation of disabled people in the elections. Effective remedies According to the Strasbourg Court, disability is considered a prohibited cause of discrimination. The applicants, who have muscular dystrophy, complained through their appeal about the […]

Automatic imposition of surname order, paternal followed by maternal, when parents disagree, is discriminatory regarding the mother

Article 14
27/10/2021 19:15

JUDGMENT León Madrid v. Spain 26.10.2021 (app. no. 30306/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s request to reverse the order of the surnames under which her minor daughter (born in 2005) was registered. At the relevant time Spanish law provided that in the event of disagreement between the parents, the child would bear […]

Notice of application before Court concerning compulsory vaccination of certain workers imposed by French law on health crisis

1st P - Article 1
08/10/2021 18:09

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE see here SUMMARY The European Court of Human Rights notified the French Government of the application in Thevenon v. France (App. No. 46061/21) and requested observations on its admissibility and merits. The case concerns the compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 imposed on certain professions as in the case […]

Removal of child custody from the mother due to her same-sex relationship with another woman! Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Conviction from the Court

Article 14
17/09/2021 18:54

JUDGMENT Χ. v. Poland 16.09.2021 (app. no. 20741/10) see here SUMMARY The case concerned proceedings the applicant brought to contest the removal of her youngest child from her custody after her former husband obtained a change in the custody arrangements ordered in the divorce judgment. She alleged that the courts had acted in his favour […]

Rejection of men’s application for parental leave constitutes gender discrimination and violates family life!

Article 14
14/07/2021 19:49

JUDGMENT Gruba and others v. Russia 06.07.2021 (app. no. 66180/09, 30771/11, 50089/11 and 22165/12) see here SUMMARY Universal right to parental leave regardless of gender. Refusal to grant parental leave to men. Gender discrimination. Family life. Involvement of a prosecutor in a civil trial. Violation of equality of arms. The four applicants are male police […]

Removal of tcontact rights from a parent undergoing gender reassignment! Violation of respect for family life and non-discrimination

Article 14
06/07/2021 19:46

JUDGMENT A.M. and others v. Russia 06.07.2021 (app. no. 47220/19) see here SUMMARY Gender reassignment of the father and right of communication with his children. Court decision to deprive a parent of the right to communicate with his children, because he underwent gender reassignment surgery. The ECtHR found that: a) there was no evidence of […]

Denial of recognition of religious association by the state. Discriminatory decision and absence of an effective remedy

Article 14
08/06/2021 19:52

JUDGMENT Ancient Baltic religious association Romuva v. Lithuania 8.6.2021 (application no. 48329/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the refusal by the Seimas (the Lithuanian Parliament) to grant to the applicant association the status of a State-recognised religious association. The Court found in particular that the State authorities had not provided a reasonable and objective […]

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