The Court further noted a trend among Council of Europe member States towards legal recognition of same-sex couples, with 24 of the 47   member States having legislated in favour of such recognition

damage because, a few days after being ordered to pay compensation to the applicant, the doctor had divested himself of his property and had become insolvent, thereby releasing him from his obligations towards

However, in respect of lustration proceedings, that consideration lost much of its validity, particularly since such proceedings were by their nature orientated towards the establishment of facts dating

Her request to obtain X.’s criminal record for the purposes of her defence, where she meant to explain that she had erroneously referred to a woman, but he had in fact been violent towards men, was accepted

The right of access to public information concerned only information on such activities of the constitutional organs which were directed towards the execution of specific public tasks.

The applicants had not substantiated how criticisms towards their generation in general had affected the core of their individual reputation or had caused them serious prejudice in their professional or

and prosecuting authorities manifested an ineffectual approach to violence against women on the ground of ‘social attitude and cultural values’ and that a climate of leniency or impunity prevailed towards

After that, they headed towards the house of V.A.’s relatives in another neighbouring town, where she alleges to have been forced to have sex with A.

However, with more and more countries moving towards what had been described as a “knowledge based” society, secondary education played an ever increasing role in successful personal development and in

The case did not concern the restraining of a publication as such or a conviction following a publication, but a preparatory step towards publication, namely a journalist’s research and investigative activities

efforts to reach a common understanding as to the scope of the execution measures flowing from these judgments, the Committee underlined that the explanations provided cannot be construed as measures towards

They alleged that his statements had been meant to stir up fear and hatred and to stereotype negatively Roma people, and had thus amounted to harassment and incitement to discrimination towards the two

The mere fact of being present at a demonstration, called for by an illegal organisation, and openly acting in a manner expressing a positive opinion towards the organisation in question, was found sufficient

In that respect, the offences were directed towards a group with a special status – prisoners – and not at all citizens.

The court thus found that the applicant had been violent and manipulative towards his partner.

A further aspect was the attitude of the municipal authorities and the prefect’s office, which, fearing renewed incidents on the part of local residents who were hostile towards Roma, had failed to respond

Two police officers came to the scene but their attitude towards the applicant, as a Roma person, was dismissive and they did not take any measures concerning the applicant’s complaints.

Localité 9], représentée par son représentant légal en exercice domicilié en cette qualité audit siège représentée par Me Pierre-antoine CALS, avocat au barreau de VERSAILLES, vestiaire : 719, Me Mélanie TOLLARD-MOURNEIZON