Tags: european court of human rights
Strasbourg court: Forced sterilisation trans people violates human rights
Last week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that requiring trans people to undergo sterilisation in order to have their gender recognised, violates human rights. In the case A.P. and Others v. France, three transgender people attempted to change …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on April 11th, 2017
Strasbourg court rules refusal to recognise residence rights same-sex partner discriminatory
Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Taddeucci and McCall v Italy, that the refusal to grant one partner in a same-sex couple a residence permit violated their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly Article …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Press releases on July 4th, 2016
Strasbourg Court: family reunification rights also count for same-sex couples
Yesterday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that refusing same-sex couples residence permits with the purpose of family reunification on the basis of their sexual orientation is discriminatory. The case was brought to the European Court after …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on February 24th, 2016
Strasbourg Court: sterilisation requirement for gender reassignment surgery is a violation of privacy
Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the requirement of permanent infertility to undergo gender reassignment surgery is a violation of the right to privacy, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 12th, 2015
Strasbourg ruling: divorce requirement for legal gender recognition ‘no violation of Human Rights’
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the divorce requirement for people who wish to change their legal gender and are married, is not a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Strasbourg based Court …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on July 17th, 2014
Summary: Responding to homophobic and transphobic hate speech
Together with ARTICLE 19 and ILGA-Europe, the LGBT Intergroup organised a seminar Responding to homophobic and transphobic hate speech. Under the chairing of Vice-President of the LGBT Intergroup Sophie in ‘t Veld, several experts and policy-makers took the floor.
Tags: council of europe european court of human rights hate speechPosted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on October 24th, 2013
European and German high courts rule same-sex couples are regular parents
Today two high courts in Europe ruled in favour of same-sex couples adopting children. Both judgments make clear that lesbian and gay couples provide children the same safety and stability as heterosexual couples do. Go Here
Tags: european court of human rights germany LGBT familiesPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on February 19th, 2013
Landmark Strasbourg ruling: Religious beliefs are no reason to oppose rights of same-sex couples
Today the European Court of Human Rights ruled that religious beliefs may not justify opposing the rights of same-sex couples. British laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation were upheld.
Tags: european court of human rights non-discriminationPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on January 15th, 2013
The European Court of Human Rights keeps Poland in line with LGBT rights
The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights welcomed a recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights. The court in Strasbourg ruled that Poland was wrong to deny de facto same-sex couples the rights afforded to their heterosexual counterparts. …
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Posted in: News stories, Press releases, Recent news on March 5th, 2010
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights