Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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Grande Oriente d'Italia v. Italy [GC], no. 29550/17

07/07/26

Search of a Masonic association’s premises ordered by a parliamentary commission of inquiry and seizure of numerous paper and digital documents, including lists with the names and personal data of its members, in the context of an investigation into mafia-type organised crime.
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A.P. and R.P. v. Poland, no. 1298/19

02/07/26

Refusal to register foreign birth certificate of same-sex couple’s child who had acquired Polish citizenship at birth.
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Ivanyushchenko v. Switzerland, no. 54708/20

02/07/26

Alleged infringement of the reputation of a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament due to the inclusion of his name on a publicly accessible sanctions list, targeting former leaders of Viktor Yanukovych's government in Ukraine.
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