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  • Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska

To claim or not to claim? (gender discrimination in domestic violence cases): J.S. v. Slovakia

May 05, 2026

By Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska Starting with its seminal judgment in Opuz v. Turkey of 2009, the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’ or ‘the Court’) acknowledged that passivity on the part of state authorities in addressing domestic violence may amount to a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights […]