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Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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Toth and Crișan v. Romania, no. 45430/19

25/02/25

Dismissal of a defamation action brought by the applicants, police officers, against a private individual having posted on Facebook a photograph of them performing their duties on a public street and the name of one of them.
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H.W. v. France, no. 13805/21

23/01/25

Fault-based divorce with blame attributed solely to applicant for failure to fulfil marital duties by refusing to have sexual relations with her husband.
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Petrović and Others v. Croatia, nos. 32514/22, 33284/22 and 15910/23

14/01/25

Continuing failure of the domestic authorities to ascertain the fate of newborn babies who were born between 1986 and 1994 and allegedly abducted in State-run hospitals.
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