Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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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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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.
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A.R. v. the United Kingdom, no. 6033/19

01/07/25

Disclosure by the police, in the context of enhanced employment vetting, of information that the applicant had been charged with rape and acquitted at trial, with a description of the circumstances of the alleged offence.
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