 European Court of Human Rights
Case-Law
a) Sexual Orientation
 
Stasi v. France, judgment |
20.10.2011 (rape and torture of gay prisoner)
Alekseyev vs. RUS, judgment |
21.10.2010 (ban of gay pride parade)
J.M. vs UK,
judgment |
28.09.2010 (child support contributions and same-sex
cohabitants)
Manenc vs. F, decision |
21.09.2010 (survivors pension for PACS-partner)
Santos Couto vs. Portugal |
21.09.2010 (discriminatory age of consent)
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)
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 |
28.05.2011
b) Gender Identity
Halat v. Turkey, judgment |
08.11.2011 (ill-treatment of transwoman in police custody)
P.V: vs. Spain, judgment |
30.11.2010 (visitation-rights of transsexual parent)
Schlumpf vs. Switzerland, judgment |
08.01.2009 (refusal of insurance-company to pay sex-change surgery)
Communicated Cases (pending)
a)
Sexual Orientation
Adrian Costin Georgescu vs. Romania, 4867/03 (harassment and
taunting of a gay activist in a police station)
Aleksandr Zhdanov & Rainbow House against Russia, 12200/10, (refusal
to register lgbt-NGO)
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)
Hallier & Lucas v. France, 46386/10, ("paternity" leave for lesbian
mother's co-parent)
K.N. vs.
France, 41129/09 (expulsion of gay man to Iran)
Küchl vs. Austria, 51151/06 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in
catholic seminary)
Lillian Ladele and Gary McFarlane, 51671/10 & 36516/10 (right to
refuse to serve same-sex couples because of religious beliefs)
R.A. vs. France, 49718/09 (expulsion of a gay man to Pakistan)
Rothe vs. Austria, 6490/07 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in
catholic seminary)
Vallianatos & Mylonas and C.S. & Others vs. Greece, 29381/09,
32684/09 (restriction of registered partnership to opposite-sex
couples)
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)
X. vs. Turkey, 24626/09 (inhuman treatment and discrimination of gay
prisoner) b) Gender Identity
A.K. vs.
Poland, 7705/05 (discriminatory remarks in a court-judgment)
H. vs
Finland, 37359/09 (transformation of marriage into registered
partnership as a precondition for recognition of new gender)
YY vs. Turkey, 14793/08 (refusal to allow transperson access to
gender reassignment surgery) |
