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Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.

Eisenauer and Others v. France, nos. 47090/22 and 9 others

12/05/26

Prolonged non-compliance with court orders requiring the government to provide public housing to the applicants under the law establishing an enforceable right to housing.
Judgment


D.A. and R.A. v. the United Kingdom, no. 46692/19

17/03/26

Non-exemption of lone parents working under 16 hours per week, with children under the age of two, from scope of a revised monetary cap on the amount of annual welfare household benefits.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Manjani v. Albania, no. 32283/23

10/03/26

Refusal of the applicant’s admission to the School of Magistrates for training as a prosecutor due to a juvenile theft conviction for which he had been legally rehabilitated.
Judgment


B.R. v. Switzerland, no. 2933/23

08/07/25

Refusal of health insurance to cover the very high cost of a specific medication for the applicant who suffers from a rare disease, the domestic courts having ruled that the medication in question did not provide a high benefit to people suffering from the same condition.
Judgment


Arjocu v. Romania (dec.), no. 56630/22

06/05/25

Applicant’s inability to obtain, in Romania, a full reimbursement of the costs he had incurred for a medical treatment received in Austria.
Decision


Bilyavska v. Ukraine, no. 84568/17

27/03/25

Dismissal of the applicant’s eviction action against her adult children and their families, whose behaviour had made it impossible for her to live in a house she owned.
Judgment


Pasquinelli and Others v. San Marino, no. 24622/22

29/08/24

Employment-related measures imposed on health care and social health workers for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Bielau v. Austria, no. 20007/22

27/08/24

Suspended disciplinary fine imposed on practising doctor for making scientifically untenable statements about ineffectiveness of vaccines.
Judgment | Legal Summary


M. A. and Others v. France, nos. 63664/19 and 4 others

25/07/24

Criminalisation of the purchase of sexual acts allegedly interfering with the private lives of persons who engage in prostitution.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Bernotas v. Lithuania, no. 59065/21

30/01/24

Obligation to reimburse social security authorities for the lost working capacity pension paid to a person whom the applicant had accidently injured.
Judgment


Nafornița v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 49066/12

16/01/24

Eviction from State-owned apartment after lengthy lawful residency.
Judgment


Humpert and Others v. Germany [GC], nos. 59433/18, 59477/18, 59481/18 and 59494/18

14/12/23

Disciplinary sanctions on teachers with civil-servant status for participating during their working hours in strikes organised by their trade union, in breach of the constitutional ban on civil servants striking.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Brazauskienė v. Lithuania (dec.), no. 71200/17

05/12/23

Refusal to grant State annuity allowance and continued free use of State housing to a former President’s widow.
Decision


Pająk and Others v. Poland, nos. 25226/18 and 3 others

24/10/23

Legislation differentiating between men and women with regard to the retirement age of judges.
Judgment


Kubát and Others v. the Czech Republic, nos. 61721/19 and 5 others

22/06/23

Refusal of retroactive payment of the difference in judges salaries during a financial crisis.
Judgment | Legal Summary


X and Others v. Ireland, nos. 23851/20 and 24360/20

22/06/23

Alleged discrimination based on residence status as regards eligibility for child benefit.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Kaymak and Others v. Türkiye, no. 62239/12

20/06/23

Disciplinary sanctions imposed on civil servants for having set up a stand at a university to promote a trade union and distribute leaflets.
Judgment


Simonova v. Bulgaria, no. 30782/16

11/04/23

Order for demolition of the applicant and her minor children's home on the grounds that it was unlawfully built.
Judgment


Valverde Digon v. Spain, no. 22386/19

26/01/23

Refusal to grant survivor’s pension following introduction of new eligibility requirement.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Berisha v. Switzerland (dec.), no. 4723/13

24/01/23

​Expense cap for the care of a person with serious disabilities at home.
Decision Legal Summary


Domenech Aradilla and Rodríguez González v. Spain, nos. 32667/19 and 30807/20

19/01/23

​Refusal to grant survivor’s pension following introduction of new eligibility requirement.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Hoppen and trade union of AB Amber Grid employees v. Lithuania, no. 976/20

17/01/23

Alleged discriminatory dismissal of trade union leader on grounds of his union activities.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Žegarac and Others v. Serbia (dec.), nos. 54805/15 and 10 others

17/01/23

Temporary reduction in applicants’ State pension  as part of austerity measures.
Decision | Legal Summary


M.K. and Others v. France, nos. 34349/18 and 2 others

08/12/22

Refusal by the administrative authorities to enforce interim orders requiring the State to provide some asylum-seekers and their children with emergency accommodation. Applicability and merits.  
Judgment | Legal Summary


Beeler v. Switzerland [GC], no. 78630/12

11/10/22

Termination of widower’s pension when the youngest child reaches the age of majority while widows continued to receive one. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary


P.C. v. Ireland, no. 26922/19

01/09/22

Prisoner's disqualification from receiving State pension. Applicability and merits.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Association of Civil Servants and Union for Collective Bargaining v. Germany, nos. 815/18 and 4 others

05/07/22

Legislation regulating trade union collective agreements.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Savickis and Others v. Latvia [GC], no. 49270/11

09/06/22

Exclusion of employment periods accrued outside Latvia in state pension calculation for “permanently resident non-citizens”, in contrast to Latvian citizens.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Straume v. Latvia, no. 59402/14

02/06/22

Failure of the domestic courts to assess employee sanctions in the context of trade union activity.
Judgment | Legal Summary


L.F. v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 19839/21

24/05/22

Exclusion of non-members of Orthodox Jewish Community from social housing owned by a charity catering for that community.
Decision | Legal Summary


Faulkner and McDonagh v. Ireland (dec.), nos. 30391/18 and 30416/18

08/03/22

Members of Traveller community ordered to leave a site being illegally occupied.
Decision | Legal Summary


Zakharova and Others v. Russia, no. 12736/10

08/03/22

Failure of domestic courts to address a complaint of discrimination on account of trade union membership.
Judgment


Barış and Others v. Turkey (dec.), nos. 66828/16 and 31 others

14/12/21

Dismissal of employees based on their involvement in a strike not organised by the recognised trade union.
Decision | Legal Summary 


Yakut Republican Trade-Union Federation v. Russia, no. 29582/09

07/12/21

Order to a trade-union federation to oust a grassroots union of working prisoners because of a statutory ban on their unionisation.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], nos. 47621/13 and 5 others

08/04/21

Statutory child vaccination duty and consequences on parents and children for refusal to comply with it. 
Judgment | Legal Summary


Jurčić v. Croatia, no. 54711/15

04/02/21

​Refusal of employment benefits to pregnant woman who underwent in vitro fertilisation before employment.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Pişkin v. Turkey, no. 33399/18

15/12/20

Dismissal of an employee of a public institute under an emergency legislative decree on account of alleged links with a terrorist organisation.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Napotnik v. Romania, no. 33139/13

20/10/20

Termination of applicant’s diplomatic posting abroad after announcing pregnancy.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Popović and Others v. Serbia, nos. 26944/13 and 3 others

30/06/20

Alleged discrimination in the provision of disability benefits to civilians as opposed to military beneficiaries.
Judgment | Legal Summary


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