A-Z of cases

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  Abramova v Belarus (2011)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Angela González Carreño v Spain (2014)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• AS v Hungary (2006)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• AT v Hungary (2005)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Aydin v Turkey (1997)
  European Court of Human Rights

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• Bemba Case (2018)
  International Criminal Court

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• Brima et al Case (2008)
  Special Court for Sierra Leone

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• D.G. v the Netherlands (2015)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• EIPR and Interights v Egypt (2013)
  African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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• Equality Now and EWLA v. Ethiopia (2016)
  African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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• Fatma Yildirim v Austria (2007)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Gonzalez el al v Mexico (2009)
  Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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• Isatou Jallow v Bulgaria (2012)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Jean-Paul Akayesu Case (2001)
  International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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• Jessica Lenahan Gonzales and Others v. USA (2011)
  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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• J.I. v Finland (2018)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Karen Tayag Vertido v Philippines (2010)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Kell v Canada (2012)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Kunarac, Kovač and Vuković Case (2002)
  International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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• López Soto and others v Venezuela (2018)
  Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  

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• L.R. v Moldova (2017)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• V.K. v Bulgaria (2011)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Maria da Penha v Brazil (2001)
  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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• Meija v Peru (1996)
  Inter-American Commission of Human Rights

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• M.S. v the Philippines (2014)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• O.G. v Russia (2017)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Opuz v Turkey (2009)
  European Court of Human Rights

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• R.P.B v Philippines (2014)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Şahide Goekce v Austria (2007)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• S.V.P. v Bulgaria (2012)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• TFP (representing the child LC) v Peru (2011)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• T. Reyes and A. Morales v Mexico (2017)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• Velásquez Paiz et al v Guatemala (2015)
  Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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• Vishaka v State of Rajasthan (1997)
  Supreme Court of India

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• Volodina v Russia (2019)
  European Court of Human Rights

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• X and Y v Georgia (2015)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• X v Austria (2016)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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• X v Timor Leste (2018)
  Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Additional Resources

This list of landmark cases is not complete, and will grow with time. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, for example, has decided many key cases on violence against women that continue to have had an impact around the world:

• Sahide Goecke (deceased) v. Austria (2005)
• Fatma Yildirim v. Austria (2005)
• Karen Tayag Vertido v. Philippines (2008)
• V.K. v. Bulgaria (2008)
• Cecilia Kell v. Canada (2008)
• Isatou Jallow v. Bulgaria (2011)
• V.P.P. v. Bulgaria (2011)

If you are interested in reading about a case but do not see it here, please refer to one of the resources below for more information.

Note: The Centre for Women, Peace and Security (LSE) is not responsible for the content on other websites.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

• Jurisprudence Database – CEDAW (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
• Optional Protocol to CEDAW

United Nations Treaty Bodies 

• Jurisprudence Database – General (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)

European Court of Human Rights

• HUDOC Database
• Reports on Judgements and Decisions

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

• Archived Decision Database
• Reports on Cases

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights 

• Case Database

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

• Communications Database

Other Resources

• African Human Rights Case Law Analyser
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights Project

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