European Commission on Sexual Orientation Law

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A. Court of Justice of the European Union

aa. Sexual Orientation

	J.K. v TP S.A. (C-356/21) \| 12.01.2023 (sexual orientation cannot be a reason to refuse to conclude a contract with a self-employed worker)
	V.M.A. v Stolichna obshtina, rayon „Pancharevo" (Grand Chamber) (C-490/20) \| 14.12.2021 (recognition of same-gender parents for freedom of residence)
	NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI – Rete Lenford (Grand Chamber) (C-507/18) \| 23.04.2020 (homophobic statements of employer outside of recruitment process)
	E.B. v Versicherungsanstalt öffentlich Bediensteter BVA (Grand Chamber) (C-258/17) \| 15.01.2019 (pension discrimination based upon homophobic criminal conviction in 1974) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrӑri and Others (Grand Chamber) (C-673/16) \| 05.06.2018 (same-sex marriage - "spouse" - freedom of residence) (litigated by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	F v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal (C-473/16) \| 25.01.2018 (asylum – kind of investigations (in)admissible for establishing the sexual orientation of an asylum seeker)
	Dr David L. Parris v Trinity College Dublin, Higher Education Authority, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Education and Skills (C-443/15) \| 24.11.2016 (requirement for survivors pensions that the employee's marriage/registered partnership must take place before retirement at a time when same-sex couples were legally unable to register their relationships)
	Geoffrey Léger v Ministre des affaires sociales et de la santé, Établissement français du sang (C-528/13) \| 29.04.2015 (blood donations - exclusion of men who have sex with men) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mécary)
	A, B & C v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie (Grand Chamber) (C-148/13, C-149/13, C-150/13) \| 02.12.2014 (asylum – kind of investigations (in)admissible for establishing the sexual orientation of an asylum seeker)
	Hay v. Credit agricole mutuel \| 12.12.2013 (direct employment discrimination of same-sex PACS-partners vs married couples)
	X, Y & Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel \| 07.11.2013 (asylum – concealment of sexual orientation a reasonable request?)
	Asociatia ACCEPT \| 25.04.2013 (recruitment of football players)
	Jürgen Römer v. Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 10.05.2011 (registered partners - marriage - equal treatment) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Tadao Maruko v. VddB, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 01.04.2008 (registered partners - marriage - equal treatment) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Graupner, The ECJ Römer Judgment - a first assessment Powerpoint Version \| 13.05.2011
	Graupner, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in the ECJ's Rulings Powerpoint Version \| 30.06.2009

bb. Gender Identity

	Mirin (C-4/23) \| 04.10.2024 (recognition of change of name and legal gender lawfully acquired in another member-state)
	MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-451/16) \| 26.06.2018 (divorce requirement for receiving a retirement pension)
	Sarah Margaret Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-423/04) \| 27.04.2006 (male-to-female transsexual denied pension at pension age for women - discrimination on the ground of sex, Dir 79/EEC)
	K.B. vs. National Health Service Pensions Agency (C-117/01) \| 07.01.2004 (K.B. (female) & R (male after gender reassignment) banned from marriage - Such legislation precluded by Art. 141 EC)
	P. vs. S. & Cornwall County Council (C-13/94) \| 30.04.1996 (Dir 76/207/EEC precludes dismissal of a transsexual for a reason related to a gender reassignment)

B. General Court of the European Union

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

C. Civil Service Tribunal

W. v. Commission | 14.10.2010 (household allowance for registered couple; exemption from marriage-requirement because homosexual contact is a criminal offence in the home-country of one partner)

European Court of Human Rights

a) Sexual Orientation

	R.F. et. al. v Germany (46808/16) judgment \| 12.11.2024 (refusal to recognize genetic parent of child born in same-gender partnership after egg-donation among partners)
	Hanovs v Latvia (40861/22) judgment \| 18.07.2024 (effective investigation into homophobic violence and proportional punishment of perpetrators)
	A.K.v. Russia (49014/16) judgment \| 07.05.2024 (dismissal of lesbian teacher for publicly expressing same-gender affection) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	Przybyszewska and Others v. Poland (11454/17) judgment \| 12.12.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Romanov et. al. v. Russia (58358/14 et al) judgment \| 12.09.2023 (failure to prevent and investigate hate attacks on members of the LGBTI community) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	Lapunov v. Russia (28834/19) judgment \| 12.09.2023 (torture by State agents in Chechnya because of sexual orientation)
	Koilova & Babulkova v Bulgaria (40209/20) judgment \| 05.09.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Lenis v Greece (47833/20) decision \| 31.08.2023 (anti-gay hate speech not protected)
	Maymulakhin & Markiv v Ukraine (75135/14) judgment \| 01.06.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Nuti, Dallabora et al v I (47998/20 et al) decision \| 30.05.2023 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy)(litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	Bonzano et al v I (10810/20) decision \| 30.05.2023 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy)
	Modanese et al v I (59054/19) decision \| 30.05.2023 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy)(litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	Buhuceanu v Romania (20081/19) judgment \| 23.05.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Beus v Croatia (16943/17) judgment \| 21.03.2023 (effective investigation into homophobic violence and proportional punishment of perpetrators)
	Bortolato v Italy (35967/19) decision \| 02.02.2023 (recognition of parenthood by second parent in same-gender couple) (litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	Macaté v Lithuania (61435/19) judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 23.01.2023 (labelling a book of fairy tales as harmful to children because of LGBTI content) (litigated by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Fedotova v Russia (40792/10 et. al.) judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 17.01.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Valaitis v Lithuania (39375/19) judgment \| 17.01.2023 (hate speech - effective remedy)
	D.B.e t al v Switzerland (58817/15, 58252/15) judgment \| 22.11.2022 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	S.W. et al (1928/19) decision \| 06.10.2022 (disclosure, in birth-certificates, of non-birth parent in same-gender couples, while not in opposite-gender couples) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Drelon v France (56070/18) judgment \| 08.09.2022 (collection and retention of personal data reflecting presumed sexual orientation without proven factual basis)
	Stoyanova v Bulgaria (56070/18) judgment \| 14.06.2022 (discriminatory motives based on sexual orientation no statutory aggravating factor)
	Oganezova v Armenia (71367/12) judgment \| 17.05.2022 (effective investigation into homophobic violence - hate-crime offences not explicit on sexual orientation & gender identity)
	Callamand v France (2338/20) judgment \| 07.04.2022 (contact rights for non-genetic mother of child of ex-wife)
	C.E. and Others v France (29775/18 & 29693/19) judgment \| 24.03.2022 (failure to recognise legal relationship between child and biological mother’s ex-partner) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary)
	Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group and Others v Georgia (73204/13 & 74959/13), judgment \| 16.12.2021 (failure to protect demonstration and to effectively investigate attacks)
	S.H. v Poland (56846/15 & 56849/15) decision \| 09.12.2021 (refusal to recognise couple as parents of child born via surrogacy)
	X v Poland (20741/10) judgment \| 16.09.2021 (refusal of custody for children)
	Gachechiladze v Georgia (2591/19) judgment \| 22.07.2021 (display of same-sex couple in advertising condoms)
	ACCEPT v Romania (19237/16) judgment \| 01.06.2021 (police failure to prevent and investigate far-right invasion of gay film screening and homophobic slurs)
	Fjölnisdottir v Iceland (71552/17) judgment \| 18.05.2021 (refusal to recognise couple as parents of child born via surrogacy)
	Sabalic v Croatia (50231/13) judgment \| 14.01.2021 (effective investigation into homophobic violence and proportional punishment of perpetrators)
	B & C v Switzerland (889/19 et al) judgment \| 17.11.2020 (deportation - concealment of sexual orientation no reasonable request )
	Honner v France (19511/16) judgment \| 12.11.2020 (contact rights for non-genetic mother of child born to lesbian couple)
	Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v. Georgia (7224/11l) judgment \| 08.10.2020 (homophobic police violence)
	Lilliendahl v Iceland (29297/18) decision \| 12.05.2020 (anti-gay hate speech not protected)
	Beizaras & Levickas v Lithuania (41288/15) judgment \| 14.01.2020 (refusal to prosecute authors of serious homophobic comments on Facebook) (litigated by ECSOL-members Robert Wintemute and Tomas V. Raskevicius)
	Zhdanov et al v Russia (12200/08 et al) judgment \| 16.07.2019 (refusal to register LGBTI-organisations)
	Alekseev et al v Russia (14988/09) judgment \| 27.11.2018 (ban of gay pride parades)
	Bonnaud and Lecoq v. France (6190/11) decision \| 01.03.2018 (delegation of parental responsibility within a female couple)
	I.K. v Switzerland (21417/17) decision \| 18.01.2018 (deportation - concealment of sexual orientation no reasonable request)
	Hallier & Others v France (46386/10) decision \| 12.12.2017 (paternity leave for lesbian couple)
	Orlandi et. al. v Italy (26431/12 26742/12 44057/12 60088/12) judgment \| 14.12.2017 (refusal to register same-sex marriage performed abroad)
	Ratzenböck & Seydl v Austria (28475/12) judgment \| 26.10.2017 (exclusion of opposite-sex couples from registered partnership) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Bayev v. Russia (67667/09 et al) judgment \| 20.06.2017 (regional anti-"propaganda" laws) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	Hörmann et al v Austria (31185/13, 31176/13) decision \| 30.03.2017 (segregated place of conclusion for registered partnerships vs civil marriage) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	KAOS G.L. vs. Turkey (51362/09) judgment \| 22.11.2016 (seizure of LGBT-magazine for being obscene and prosecution of editor)
	O.M. vs Hungary (9912/15) judgment \| 05.07.2016 (asylum detention - risk to abuse on account of sexual orientation)
	Taddeucci & McCall vs. Italy (51362/09) judgment \| 30.06.2016 (refusal to give same-sex partner residence permit when married different sex partner would have been given one) (litigated by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute) (third party intervention by ECSOL represented by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	M.C. & A.C. vs. Romania (12060/12) judgment \| 12.04.2016 (effective investigation into homophobic violence)
	Chapin & Charpentier vs. France (40183/07), judgment \| 09.06.2016 (same-sex marriage) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Pajic v. Croatia (68453/13), judgment \| 23.02.2016 (refusal to give same-sex partner residence permit when unmarried different sex partner would have been given one)
	Oliari et. al. vs Italy (18766/11 36030/11), judgment \| 21.07.2015 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships) (litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster) (third party intervention by ECSOL represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Identoba and others vs Georgia (73235/12), judgment \| 12.05.2015 (failure to protect demonstration and homophobic behaviour by police)
	M.E. v Sweden, judgment \| 26.06.2014 (requirement for asylum seeker to go back to Libya to apply for a residence permit on the basis of his Swedish same-sex marriage)
	E.B. v Austria III (27783/09) decision \| 24.06.2014 (homophobic convictions as aggravating factor in sentencing) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	F.J. & E.B. v Austria (2362/08, 26271/08) decision \| 25.03.2014 (data of police investigations under prior homophobic offences) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Vallianatos et al v Greece, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 07.11.2013 (restriction of registered partnership to opposite-sex couples) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	E.B. et al v Austria (31913/07 et. al.) judgment \| 07.11.2013 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	M.K.N. vs Sweden, judgment \| 27.06.2013 (asylum – how to prove homosexuality?)
	Boeckel & Gessner-Boeckel, decision \| 07.05.2013 (automatic co-parenthood)
	X et al. v Austria (19010/07) judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 19.02.2013 (step-parent adoption in de-facto same-sex couple) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner) (third party intervention by ECSOL represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Eweida et. al. v United Kingdom, judgment \| 15.01.2013 (right to refuse to serve same-sex couples because of religious beliefs)
	Küchl vs. Austria, judgment \| 04.12.2012 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
	Rothe vs. Austria, judgment \| 04.12.2012 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
	Verlagsgruppe News GmbH & Bobi vs. Austria, judgment \| 04.12.2012 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
	X v Turkey, judgment \| 09.10.2012 (inhuman treatment and discrimination of gay prisoner)
	GenderDoc v. Moldova, judgment \| 15.06.2012 (ban of pride parade)
	Gas & Dubois v. France, judgment \| 15.03.2012 (second-parent adoption in registered partnership) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Vejdeland v. Sweden, judgment \| 09.02.2012 (hate crime legislation v. free speech)
	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) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	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) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	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 (Grand Chamber) \| 22.01.2008 (adoption by one person) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Robert Wintemute: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination - The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union \| 06.06.2015
	Helmut Graupner: Sexual Orientation – The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Powerpoint Version \| 21.11.2013

b) Gender Identity

	W.W. v Poland (31842/20), judgment \| 11.07.2024 (hormone therapy in prison)
	R.K. v Hungary (54006/20), judgment \| 22.06.2023 (absence of effective legal framework for change of legal gender)
	O.H. & G.H. v Germany (53568/18), judgment \| 04.04.2023 (record of a trans man as father on birth certificate of child to whom he had given birth)
	A.H. et. al. v Germany (7246/20), judgment \| 04.04.2023 (record of a trans woman as mother on birth certificate of child to whom she had not given birth)
	A.D. et al v Georgia, judgment \| 01.12.2022 (failure to provide quick, transparent and accessible procedures for legal gender recognition) (litigated by ECSOL-member Constantin Cojocariu)
	Y v Poland (74131/14) judgment \| 17.02.2022 (annotation of gender reassignment in full birth certificate)
	A.M. et al v Russia (47220/19) judgment \| 06.07.2021 (deprivation of visitation rights on ground of parent´s gender transition process)
	X & Y v Romania, judgment \| 19.01.2021 (gender reassignment surgery requirement for recognition of gender identity)
	Rana v Hungary, judgment \| 16.07.2020 (refusal to allow change of name and sex markers for recognized transgender refugee)
	Y.T. v Bulgaria, judgment \| 09.07.2020 (refusal to allow a trans-person of male appearance to be registered as a male)
	X v FYROM, judgment \| 17.01.2019 (absence of effective legal framework for change of legal gender) (litigated by ECSOL-members Natasha Boshkova & Constantin Cojocariu)
	S.V. v Italy, 55216/08. \| 11.10.2018 (inability to change forename prior to completion of gender transition process)
	A.P., Garcon & Nicot v France, 79885/12 et. al.A.P., Garcon & Nicot v France, 79885/12 et. al. \| 06.04.2017 (sterilisation-requirement for recognition in other gender)
	YY v Turkey, 14793/08 \| 10.03.2015 (sterilisation-requirement for gender reassignment (surgery))
	Hamalainen v Finland, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 16.07.2014 (transformation of marriage into registered partnership as a precondition for recognition of new gender) (litigated by ECSOL-member Constantin Cojocariu)
	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)
	Helmut Graupner: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity – The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Powerpoint Version \| 17.10.2011

c) Intersex

Semenya v Switzerland (10934/21) judgment | 11.07.2023 (requirement to take hormone treatment in order to be able to take part in international

sport competitions)

Y v France (76888/17) judgment | 31.01.2023 ("neutral" or "intersex" gender markers on birth certificate)

M v France (42821/18) judgment | 26.04.2022 (intersex genital mutilation IGM - Art 3)

	J.K. v TP S.A. (C-356/21) \| 12.01.2023 (sexual orientation cannot be a reason to refuse to conclude a contract with a self-employed worker)
	V.M.A. v Stolichna obshtina, rayon „Pancharevo" (Grand Chamber) (C-490/20) \| 14.12.2021 (recognition of same-gender parents for freedom of residence)
	NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI – Rete Lenford (Grand Chamber) (C-507/18) \| 23.04.2020 (homophobic statements of employer outside of recruitment process)
	E.B. v Versicherungsanstalt öffentlich Bediensteter BVA (Grand Chamber) (C-258/17) \| 15.01.2019 (pension discrimination based upon homophobic criminal conviction in 1974) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrӑri and Others (Grand Chamber) (C-673/16) \| 05.06.2018 (same-sex marriage - "spouse" - freedom of residence) (litigated by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	F v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal (C-473/16) \| 25.01.2018 (asylum – kind of investigations (in)admissible for establishing the sexual orientation of an asylum seeker)
	Dr David L. Parris v Trinity College Dublin, Higher Education Authority, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Education and Skills (C-443/15) \| 24.11.2016 (requirement for survivors pensions that the employee's marriage/registered partnership must take place before retirement at a time when same-sex couples were legally unable to register their relationships)
	Geoffrey Léger v Ministre des affaires sociales et de la santé, Établissement français du sang (C-528/13) \| 29.04.2015 (blood donations - exclusion of men who have sex with men) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mécary)
	A, B & C v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie (Grand Chamber) (C-148/13, C-149/13, C-150/13) \| 02.12.2014 (asylum – kind of investigations (in)admissible for establishing the sexual orientation of an asylum seeker)
	Hay v. Credit agricole mutuel \| 12.12.2013 (direct employment discrimination of same-sex PACS-partners vs married couples)
	X, Y & Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel \| 07.11.2013 (asylum – concealment of sexual orientation a reasonable request?)
	Asociatia ACCEPT \| 25.04.2013 (recruitment of football players)
	Jürgen Römer v. Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 10.05.2011 (registered partners - marriage - equal treatment) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Tadao Maruko v. VddB, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 01.04.2008 (registered partners - marriage - equal treatment) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Graupner, The ECJ Römer Judgment - a first assessment Powerpoint Version \| 13.05.2011
	Graupner, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in the ECJ's Rulings Powerpoint Version \| 30.06.2009

	Mirin (C-4/23) \| 04.10.2024 (recognition of change of name and legal gender lawfully acquired in another member-state)
	MB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-451/16) \| 26.06.2018 (divorce requirement for receiving a retirement pension)
	Sarah Margaret Richards v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-423/04) \| 27.04.2006 (male-to-female transsexual denied pension at pension age for women - discrimination on the ground of sex, Dir 79/EEC)
	K.B. vs. National Health Service Pensions Agency (C-117/01) \| 07.01.2004 (K.B. (female) & R (male after gender reassignment) banned from marriage - Such legislation precluded by Art. 141 EC)
	P. vs. S. & Cornwall County Council (C-13/94) \| 30.04.1996 (Dir 76/207/EEC precludes dismissal of a transsexual for a reason related to a gender reassignment)

	R.F. et. al. v Germany (46808/16) judgment \| 12.11.2024 (refusal to recognize genetic parent of child born in same-gender partnership after egg-donation among partners)
	Hanovs v Latvia (40861/22) judgment \| 18.07.2024 (effective investigation into homophobic violence and proportional punishment of perpetrators)
	A.K.v. Russia (49014/16) judgment \| 07.05.2024 (dismissal of lesbian teacher for publicly expressing same-gender affection) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	Przybyszewska and Others v. Poland (11454/17) judgment \| 12.12.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Romanov et. al. v. Russia (58358/14 et al) judgment \| 12.09.2023 (failure to prevent and investigate hate attacks on members of the LGBTI community) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	Lapunov v. Russia (28834/19) judgment \| 12.09.2023 (torture by State agents in Chechnya because of sexual orientation)
	Koilova & Babulkova v Bulgaria (40209/20) judgment \| 05.09.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Lenis v Greece (47833/20) decision \| 31.08.2023 (anti-gay hate speech not protected)
	Maymulakhin & Markiv v Ukraine (75135/14) judgment \| 01.06.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Nuti, Dallabora et al v I (47998/20 et al) decision \| 30.05.2023 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy)(litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	Bonzano et al v I (10810/20) decision \| 30.05.2023 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy)
	Modanese et al v I (59054/19) decision \| 30.05.2023 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy)(litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	Buhuceanu v Romania (20081/19) judgment \| 23.05.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Beus v Croatia (16943/17) judgment \| 21.03.2023 (effective investigation into homophobic violence and proportional punishment of perpetrators)
	Bortolato v Italy (35967/19) decision \| 02.02.2023 (recognition of parenthood by second parent in same-gender couple) (litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	Macaté v Lithuania (61435/19) judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 23.01.2023 (labelling a book of fairy tales as harmful to children because of LGBTI content) (litigated by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Fedotova v Russia (40792/10 et. al.) judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 17.01.2023 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships)
	Valaitis v Lithuania (39375/19) judgment \| 17.01.2023 (hate speech - effective remedy)
	D.B.e t al v Switzerland (58817/15, 58252/15) judgment \| 22.11.2022 (refusal to recognize non-genetic same-gender intended parent of child born via surrogacy) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	S.W. et al (1928/19) decision \| 06.10.2022 (disclosure, in birth-certificates, of non-birth parent in same-gender couples, while not in opposite-gender couples) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Drelon v France (56070/18) judgment \| 08.09.2022 (collection and retention of personal data reflecting presumed sexual orientation without proven factual basis)
	Stoyanova v Bulgaria (56070/18) judgment \| 14.06.2022 (discriminatory motives based on sexual orientation no statutory aggravating factor)
	Oganezova v Armenia (71367/12) judgment \| 17.05.2022 (effective investigation into homophobic violence - hate-crime offences not explicit on sexual orientation & gender identity)
	Callamand v France (2338/20) judgment \| 07.04.2022 (contact rights for non-genetic mother of child of ex-wife)
	C.E. and Others v France (29775/18 & 29693/19) judgment \| 24.03.2022 (failure to recognise legal relationship between child and biological mother’s ex-partner) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary)
	Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group and Others v Georgia (73204/13 & 74959/13), judgment \| 16.12.2021 (failure to protect demonstration and to effectively investigate attacks)
	S.H. v Poland (56846/15 & 56849/15) decision \| 09.12.2021 (refusal to recognise couple as parents of child born via surrogacy)
	X v Poland (20741/10) judgment \| 16.09.2021 (refusal of custody for children)
	Gachechiladze v Georgia (2591/19) judgment \| 22.07.2021 (display of same-sex couple in advertising condoms)
	ACCEPT v Romania (19237/16) judgment \| 01.06.2021 (police failure to prevent and investigate far-right invasion of gay film screening and homophobic slurs)
	Fjölnisdottir v Iceland (71552/17) judgment \| 18.05.2021 (refusal to recognise couple as parents of child born via surrogacy)
	Sabalic v Croatia (50231/13) judgment \| 14.01.2021 (effective investigation into homophobic violence and proportional punishment of perpetrators)
	B & C v Switzerland (889/19 et al) judgment \| 17.11.2020 (deportation - concealment of sexual orientation no reasonable request )
	Honner v France (19511/16) judgment \| 12.11.2020 (contact rights for non-genetic mother of child born to lesbian couple)
	Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v. Georgia (7224/11l) judgment \| 08.10.2020 (homophobic police violence)
	Lilliendahl v Iceland (29297/18) decision \| 12.05.2020 (anti-gay hate speech not protected)
	Beizaras & Levickas v Lithuania (41288/15) judgment \| 14.01.2020 (refusal to prosecute authors of serious homophobic comments on Facebook) (litigated by ECSOL-members Robert Wintemute and Tomas V. Raskevicius)
	Zhdanov et al v Russia (12200/08 et al) judgment \| 16.07.2019 (refusal to register LGBTI-organisations)
	Alekseev et al v Russia (14988/09) judgment \| 27.11.2018 (ban of gay pride parades)
	Bonnaud and Lecoq v. France (6190/11) decision \| 01.03.2018 (delegation of parental responsibility within a female couple)
	I.K. v Switzerland (21417/17) decision \| 18.01.2018 (deportation - concealment of sexual orientation no reasonable request)
	Hallier & Others v France (46386/10) decision \| 12.12.2017 (paternity leave for lesbian couple)
	Orlandi et. al. v Italy (26431/12 26742/12 44057/12 60088/12) judgment \| 14.12.2017 (refusal to register same-sex marriage performed abroad)
	Ratzenböck & Seydl v Austria (28475/12) judgment \| 26.10.2017 (exclusion of opposite-sex couples from registered partnership) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Bayev v. Russia (67667/09 et al) judgment \| 20.06.2017 (regional anti-"propaganda" laws) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	Hörmann et al v Austria (31185/13, 31176/13) decision \| 30.03.2017 (segregated place of conclusion for registered partnerships vs civil marriage) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	KAOS G.L. vs. Turkey (51362/09) judgment \| 22.11.2016 (seizure of LGBT-magazine for being obscene and prosecution of editor)
	O.M. vs Hungary (9912/15) judgment \| 05.07.2016 (asylum detention - risk to abuse on account of sexual orientation)
	Taddeucci & McCall vs. Italy (51362/09) judgment \| 30.06.2016 (refusal to give same-sex partner residence permit when married different sex partner would have been given one) (litigated by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute) (third party intervention by ECSOL represented by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster)
	M.C. & A.C. vs. Romania (12060/12) judgment \| 12.04.2016 (effective investigation into homophobic violence)
	Chapin & Charpentier vs. France (40183/07), judgment \| 09.06.2016 (same-sex marriage) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Pajic v. Croatia (68453/13), judgment \| 23.02.2016 (refusal to give same-sex partner residence permit when unmarried different sex partner would have been given one)
	Oliari et. al. vs Italy (18766/11 36030/11), judgment \| 21.07.2015 (lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships) (litigated by ECSOL-member Alexander Schuster) (third party intervention by ECSOL represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Identoba and others vs Georgia (73235/12), judgment \| 12.05.2015 (failure to protect demonstration and homophobic behaviour by police)
	M.E. v Sweden, judgment \| 26.06.2014 (requirement for asylum seeker to go back to Libya to apply for a residence permit on the basis of his Swedish same-sex marriage)
	E.B. v Austria III (27783/09) decision \| 24.06.2014 (homophobic convictions as aggravating factor in sentencing) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	F.J. & E.B. v Austria (2362/08, 26271/08) decision \| 25.03.2014 (data of police investigations under prior homophobic offences) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	Vallianatos et al v Greece, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 07.11.2013 (restriction of registered partnership to opposite-sex couples) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	E.B. et al v Austria (31913/07 et. al.) judgment \| 07.11.2013 (prior homophobic convictions in criminal record) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner)
	M.K.N. vs Sweden, judgment \| 27.06.2013 (asylum – how to prove homosexuality?)
	Boeckel & Gessner-Boeckel, decision \| 07.05.2013 (automatic co-parenthood)
	X et al. v Austria (19010/07) judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 19.02.2013 (step-parent adoption in de-facto same-sex couple) (litigated by ECSOL-member Helmut Graupner) (third party intervention by ECSOL represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Eweida et. al. v United Kingdom, judgment \| 15.01.2013 (right to refuse to serve same-sex couples because of religious beliefs)
	Küchl vs. Austria, judgment \| 04.12.2012 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
	Rothe vs. Austria, judgment \| 04.12.2012 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
	Verlagsgruppe News GmbH & Bobi vs. Austria, judgment \| 04.12.2012 (media disclosure of homosexual acts in catholic seminary)
	X v Turkey, judgment \| 09.10.2012 (inhuman treatment and discrimination of gay prisoner)
	GenderDoc v. Moldova, judgment \| 15.06.2012 (ban of pride parade)
	Gas & Dubois v. France, judgment \| 15.03.2012 (second-parent adoption in registered partnership) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Vejdeland v. Sweden, judgment \| 09.02.2012 (hate crime legislation v. free speech)
	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) (litigated by ECSOL-member Dmitri Bartenev)
	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) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	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 (Grand Chamber) \| 22.01.2008 (adoption by one person) (litigated by ECSOL-member Caroline Mecary) (third party intervention represented by ECSOL-member Robert Wintemute)
	Robert Wintemute: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination - The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union \| 06.06.2015
	Helmut Graupner: Sexual Orientation – The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Powerpoint Version \| 21.11.2013

	W.W. v Poland (31842/20), judgment \| 11.07.2024 (hormone therapy in prison)
	R.K. v Hungary (54006/20), judgment \| 22.06.2023 (absence of effective legal framework for change of legal gender)
	O.H. & G.H. v Germany (53568/18), judgment \| 04.04.2023 (record of a trans man as father on birth certificate of child to whom he had given birth)
	A.H. et. al. v Germany (7246/20), judgment \| 04.04.2023 (record of a trans woman as mother on birth certificate of child to whom she had not given birth)
	A.D. et al v Georgia, judgment \| 01.12.2022 (failure to provide quick, transparent and accessible procedures for legal gender recognition) (litigated by ECSOL-member Constantin Cojocariu)
	Y v Poland (74131/14) judgment \| 17.02.2022 (annotation of gender reassignment in full birth certificate)
	A.M. et al v Russia (47220/19) judgment \| 06.07.2021 (deprivation of visitation rights on ground of parent´s gender transition process)
	X & Y v Romania, judgment \| 19.01.2021 (gender reassignment surgery requirement for recognition of gender identity)
	Rana v Hungary, judgment \| 16.07.2020 (refusal to allow change of name and sex markers for recognized transgender refugee)
	Y.T. v Bulgaria, judgment \| 09.07.2020 (refusal to allow a trans-person of male appearance to be registered as a male)
	X v FYROM, judgment \| 17.01.2019 (absence of effective legal framework for change of legal gender) (litigated by ECSOL-members Natasha Boshkova & Constantin Cojocariu)
	S.V. v Italy, 55216/08. \| 11.10.2018 (inability to change forename prior to completion of gender transition process)
	A.P., Garcon & Nicot v France, 79885/12 et. al.A.P., Garcon & Nicot v France, 79885/12 et. al. \| 06.04.2017 (sterilisation-requirement for recognition in other gender)
	YY v Turkey, 14793/08 \| 10.03.2015 (sterilisation-requirement for gender reassignment (surgery))
	Hamalainen v Finland, judgment (Grand Chamber) \| 16.07.2014 (transformation of marriage into registered partnership as a precondition for recognition of new gender) (litigated by ECSOL-member Constantin Cojocariu)
	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)
	Helmut Graupner: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity – The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights Powerpoint Version \| 17.10.2011

	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

	Austria
	Czech Republic
	France
	Germany
	Gibraltar
	Italy
	Norway
	Portugal
	Slovenia
	Sweden
	Switzerland
	United Kingdom

	Kees Waaldijk, Same-Sex Partnership, International Protection
	Helmut Graupner, Gay Rights

	Dr iur Jovan KOJICIC: Theater of Justice - The Truth Behind Reality (2022)
	The Declaration of Podgorica (2009)