European Union
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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |