Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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A.W. v. Poland, no. 1307/21

09/10/25

Putative father’s inability to seek recognition of paternity and to challenge the presumption of paternity of the mother’s husband, and to have contact with two children born in the course of an informal relationship with a married woman.
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Đorđević v. Serbia, no. 11212/23

07/10/25

Construction of a building in such close proximity to the flat of the applicant, an elderly person, that it allegedly lost access to natural light, ventilation and direct sunlight, and the domestic authorities’ alleged failure to react to the irregularities in the relevant construction permits.
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Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others

09/07/25

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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