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Judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada finding in favour of a gay man who was dismissed from his job because of his sexual orientation. The Supreme Court held that sexual orientation was indeed a prohibited ground of discrimination and that IRPA should be interpreted as such.

Judgment of the US Supreme Court striking down a state constitutional amendment that prohibited protected status based on homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation.

Decision of the European Court of Justice case concerning the interpretation of a Council Directive prohibiting sex discrimination in employment. The Court held that the Directive prohibited dismissal from employment on the basis of a person’s gender identity.

Landmark decision of the UN Human Rights Committee finding that criminalisation of sexual relations between consenting males is a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Crucially, the Committee noted that the reference to ‘sex’ in Article 26 (equality before the law) and in Article 2(1) (non-discrimination) included sexual orientation.

Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights that the criminalisation of homosexual acts under Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus violated Article 8 (right to private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

A landmark decision of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the limitations to the right to freedom of expression. The Court held that an injunction restricting providing and receiving information about abortion violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.