Right to privacy

ECHR, Case of A.P., Garçon and Nicot v. France, Strasbourg 6 April 2017, (Applications N° 79885/12, 52471/13 et 52596/13) (On French authorities' refusal to allow three transgender individuals to change the gender marker on their birth certificate without having undergone sterilization surgery).

Applicant v. Respondent; Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof); decision dated March 22, 2023 - 7 Ob 38/23y

The systematic and covert technical surveillance of a spouse’s highly personal area of life, resulting in psychological stress, justifies the issuance of a temporary injunction against the spouse pursuant to Section 382c and Section 382d Execution Order (Exekutionsordnung - EO).

Ohio House Bill 531 (2025), known as Braden’s Law, criminalizes sexual extortion, defined as threatening to release or distribute private images, as a third-degree felony, subject to enhancement to a first-degree felony under certain aggravating circumstances. The law also requires courts to consider parental requests for access to the phones of deceased minors.

Spanish Criminal Code Article 172 quater. 

In 2018, the Association of Accredited Clinics for the Termination of Pregnancy (ACAI, for its initials in Spanish) produced a report concluding that 89% of women who had an abortion felt harassed, and 66% felt threatened.

Section 23 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act states that proceedings regarding accusations of certain crimes shall be held in camera (privately).  These crimes include rape, grievous sexual assault, marital rape, sexual intercourse with a person under age sixteen, indecent adult, or involvement in prostitution.

In the ECHR Case Drelon v. France, European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled on the case of a blood donor in France who refused to answer questions about his sex life, resulting in his exclusion from donation on the grounds of a factor of ineligibility associated with homosexuality. The ECHR ruled that the collection and storage of personal data by the Établissement Français du Sang, based on speculation and lacking any proven factual basis, was a violation of the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Habeas Corpus No. 783,927 Superior Court of Justice (2023)

The Act provides for the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, provides for the rights and obligations of persons living with or affected by the diseases, and seeks to remove negative stigma for those who live with or affected by such diseases. The Act prohibits harmful practices that put a person at risk of HIV infection or could result in progression of the HIV infection to AIDS. Such harmful practices are defined as social, religious, or cultural practices, and the violation of this section is punishable by a large fine and imprisonment of up to five years.

Javin Kevin Vinc Johnson v The Attorney General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, SVGHCV2019/0110 challenged the constitutionality of sections 146 and 148 of the Criminal Code of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which criminalize sexual activity between consenting same-sex adults.

Uruguay passed a comprehensive law on gender violence in 2017 (Law No. 19580 of December 22, 2017, as implemented by Decree No. 339/019 of November 11, 2019). The law is intended to guarantee the right of women to enjoy a life free of gender-based violence (Article 1 of Law No. 19580). The law applies to women of all ages, including trans women, women of different socioeconomic statuses, races, and religions, without distinction or discrimination (Article 1 of Law No. 19580).