Article 14 and Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 - Prohibition of discrimination

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Semenya v. Switzerland [GC], no. 10934/21

10/07/25

Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8: dismissal by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court of a civil-law appeal lodged by a professional athlete against an award rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which rejected her complaint concerning regulations requiring her to lower her natural testosterone level to compete in the women’s category of international competitions.
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Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others

09/07/25

Article 14 in conjunction with Articles 2, 3, 4 § 2, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11 and 1 and 2 of Protocol No. 1: four separate inter-State applications lodged against the Russian Federation, concerning the events in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which began in the spring of 2014 – including the downing of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 – and events throughout Ukraine from 24 February 2022, i.e., the start of the full-scale military invasion by the Russian Federation.
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N.T. v. Cyprus, no. 28150/22

03/07/25

Article 14 in conjunction with Articles 3 and 8: authorities’ alleged failure to effectively investigate and prosecute the applicant’s allegations of rape and to follow a victim sensitive approach, which allegedly exposed her to secondary victimisation and discriminatory treatment.
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