European Union
Court of Justice of the European Union

Tadao Maruko v. VddB, judgment | 01.04.2008 (registered partners - marriage - equal treatment)
Jürgen Römer v. Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (pending) (registered partners - marriage - equal treatment)
Graupner, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the ECJ’s Rulings Powerpoint Version | 30.06.2009

General Court of the European Union

Commission v Anton Pieter Roodhuijzen | 05.10.2009 (unmarried partners - marriage - equal treatment)

Equal Treatment Directive (European Union)

Short statements about the proposed directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation | 02.07.2008 | COM 2008, 426 final | PDF | 79 KB

Lisbon-Treaty


The situation of LGBT people under the new European Union Treaties (Fact-Sheet) | 11.03.2010 | PDF | 141 KB

European Court of Human Rights

Case-Law

P.B. & J.S. vs. Austria, judgment | 22.07.2010 (health insurance benefits for same-sex cohabitants)
Schalk & Kopf vs. Austria, judgment | 24.06.2010 (same-sex marriage/registered partnership)
Kozak vs. Poland, judgment | 02.03.2010 (right of surviving same-sex cohabiting partner to succeed in tenancy)
Porubova vs. Russia, judgment | 08.10.2009 (media reports about politicians’ homosexuality)
Schlumpf vs. Switzerland, judgment | 08.01.2009 (refusal of insurance-company to pay sex-change surgery)
E.B. vs. France, judgment | 22.01.2008 (adoption by single persons)
Helmut Graupner: Sexual Orientation – The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Powerpoint Version | 13.03.2009

Communicated Cases (pending)

Alekseyev vs. Russia, 4916/07, 25924/08, 14599/09 (ban of pride parades)
A.V. vs. Austria, 48779/07 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record)
A.S. vs. Austria, 48777/07 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record)
Chapin & Charpentier vs. France, 40183/07 (same-sex marriage)
E.B. vs. Austria, 31913/07 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record)
E.B. vs. Austria II, 26271/08 (data of police investigations under prior homophobic offences)
E.B. vs. Austria III, 27783/09 (homophobic convictions as aggravating factor in sentencing)
F.J. vs. Austria, 2362/08 (data of police investigations under prior homophobic offences)
Gas & Dubois vs. France, 25951/07 (step-parent adoption)
Genderdoc-M vs. Moldova, 9106/06 (Ban on pride parade), Doc.II
H.G. vs. Austria II, 38357/07 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record)
H.G. vs. Austria III, 48098/07 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record)
J.M. vs UK, 37060/06 (child support contributions for same-sex cohabitants)
Küchl vs. Austria, 51151/06 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
P. vs. Portugal, 56027/09 (legal recognition of post-operative transgender persons in their new gender)
Rothe vs. Austria, 6490/07 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
Santos Couto vs. Portugal, 31874/07 (discriminatory age of consent)
Van Gastel vs. Netherlands, 66005/09 (recognition of same-sex marriage in the Curacao, Dutch Antilles)
Vejdeland vs. Sweden, 1813/07 (hate crime legislation vs. free speech)
X. et. al. vs. Austria, 19010/07 (step-parent adoption)

Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity | 31.03.2010
Explanatory Report to Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity | 31.03.2010

National High Courts

Austria
France
Gibraltar
Portugal
Slovenia

ILGA-Annual Conference 2008 (ECSOL-Panel)

Helmut Graupner – The Case Tadao Maruko Powerpoint Version

Justice in the Balkans

The Declaration of Podgorica

World Out Games 2009 – Human Rights Conference

Programme: Workshops of ECSOL | July 2009 | PDF | 92 KB
Workshop I: Dennis Van der Veur – Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Powerpoint Version
Workshop III: Helmut Graupner – The Maruko & Römer Cases Powerpoint Version
Workshop IV: Caroline Mécary – The French Paradox or Egalitarian Utopia
Workshop IV: Reimo Mets – How close is Estonia to a registered partnership law? Powerpoint Version
Workshop VI: Kenneth McK. Norrie – Same-Sex Families in Scotland and in England and Wales