Strategic litigation
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European Court Rules Against Armenia’s Inaction in Anti-LGBTI Hate Crime Case
The case originated in May 2012, when a bar co-owned by the applicant, a member of the LGBT community in Armenia, was firebombed and caused significant damage.
Top EU Court Recognises Relationship of Same-sex Parents and their Children Under EU Law
Today, December 14, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that if one EU member state recognises a parental relationship between a child and its parents, then all member states sh
How trans parents are better protected after European Court ruling
Recently, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a trans woman in Russia who was denied access to her children because of her gender identity and transition. Read on to find out how this may benefit all trans and LGBTI parents in Europe.
European Court rules in favour of the best interest of the child in same-sex custody case
In a judgement released today on the case of X.
We welcome today’s judgment from the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Association ACCEPT and Others v. Romania
The Court found a violation of Article 8 (right to private and family life) and 11 (freedom of association and assembly) together with Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination).
Opinion from European court: same-sex parented families should be officially recognised in all EU member states
Bulgaria’s lack of recognition for same-sex parented families cannot justify a violation of EU freedom of movement law
European Court will consider lack of implementation of EU law to enable freedom of movement for same-sex spouses
Almost three years after the European Court ruled that Romania must recognise a same-sex couple under EU freedom of movement legislation, its government is yet to implement the judgement.
Finland violated rights of a lesbian mothers’ child by rejecting his asylum application, UN finds
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child found that Finland failed to consider the best interests of the child of a lesbian couple when rejecting his asylum request, and to protect him against a
The European Court of Human Rights finds Croatian response to violent homophobic attack fosters impunity for hate crime
A judgement issued today by the European Court of Human Rights finds that the response of Croatian authorities to a hate crime against a lesbian woman was “particularly destructive of fundamental human rights”.