In decision from 13 November 2012, the European Court ruled in favor of the applicants I. G. and M. K. Since the third applicant, R. K., died during the course of the proceedings, the European Court did not consider her complaint. The European Court declared that the sterilization without informed consent of their legal guardians violated the Slovak legislation valid at the time of the interventions. As such, it violated their right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment, guaranteed by Article 3 of the Convention. The Court also found that the investigation led by the Slovak law enforcement authorities into the case did not meet the standards of effective investigation guaranteed by the Convention (procedural aspect of Article 3). Yet again, the European Court found that Slovakia also violated the positive obligation under Article 8 of the Convention to provide effective protection of reproductive right of Romani women, who are particularly vulnerable group in the population. Apart of the violation of Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention, the Court ordered the Slovak Government to pay the compensations to the applicants in amount of 28,500 EUR and 27,000 EUR respectively and the reimbursement of their legal costs. We represented the applicants in this case before the Court within our strategic litigation program.