Mancato raggiungimento della soglia di gravità in caso di sterilizzazione senza consenso - Decisione presa in una situazione inattesa ed urgente, dopo un'approfondita valutazione da parte di una squadra di medici e guidata da preoccupazioni reali per la salute e la sicurezza - Fallimento da parte del pesonale medico di cercare ed ottenere il consenso esplicito, libero ed informato per la sterilizzazione, come richiesto dal diritto interno

Violation of Article 3 (treatment and investigation) and Article 8 - The case concerned three women of Roma origin who complained in particular that they had been sterilised without their full and informed consent, that the authorities’ ensuing investigation into their sterilisation had not been thorough, fair or effective and that their ethnic origin had played a decisive role in their sterilisation

The applicant claimed she suffered inhumane and degrading treatment, negative impacts on her private and family life, and discrimination based on sex and ethnic origin due to the lack of effective anti-discrimination laws in Slovakia at the time of her sterilization - The Court held that the applicant's rights under Article 3 were violated, and that the State's failure to provide sufficient legal protections for the reproductive health of Roma women violated Article 8.

The allegation of a Slovak woman of Roma ethnic origin that she had
been the victim of forced sterilisation - A violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) - A violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)