List of LGBT-related cases before international courts and quasi-judicial bodies
This list contains cases of the European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Committee of Social Rights and Human Rights Committee related to LGBT people.
Chronological lists
Year, month | ECHR case | Year | CJEU case |
1955 | W. B. v. Germany (no. 104/55) | . | . |
1975, September | X. v. Germany | 1996 | C-13/94 P. v. S and Cornwall County Council |
1977, December | X. v. Germany (no. 6699/74) | 1998 | C-249/96 Grant v. South West Trains Ltd. |
1978, October | X. v. United Kingdom | 2001 | C-125/99 D. v. Council |
1980, November | Van Oosterwijck v. Belgium | 2004 | C-117/01 K.B. v. NHS Pensions Agency |
1981, October | Dudgeon v. United Kingdom (no. 7525/76) | 2006 | C-423/04 Richards v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
1982, May | X. Ltd. and Y. v. United Kingdom (no. 8710/79) | 2008 | C-267/06 Maruko v. VddB |
1983, May | X. and Y. v. United Kingdom | 2010 | W. v. Commission |
1983, October | B. v. United Kingdom | 2011 | C-147/08 Römer v. City of Hamburg |
1986, May | S. v. United Kingdom | 2013 | Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel v X (C-199/12), Y (C-200/12), and Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel (C-201/12)[1] |
1986, July | Johnson v. United Kingdom | 2013, December | Hay v Crédit agricole mutuel (C-267/12).[2] |
1986, October | Rees v. United Kingdom | 2014, December | A, B, C v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie (C-148/13, C-149/13, C-150/13)[3] |
1987, July | W. J. and D. P. v. United Kingdom | 2015, April | Léger v Ministre des Affaires sociales... (C-528/13)[4] |
1988, March | (?) v. Switzerland (no. 11680/85) | . | . |
1988, May | Morissens v. Belgium (no. 11389/85) | . | . |
1988, May | Müller and Others v. Switzerland (no. 10737/84) | . | . |
1988, October | Norris v. Ireland (no. 8225/78) | . | . |
1988, December | James v. United Kingdom (no. 10622/83) | . | . |
1989, March | W. v. United Kingdom (no. 11095/84) | . | . |
1989, October | C. and L. M. v. United Kingdom (no. 14753/89) | . | . |
1989, November | Eriksson and Goldschmidt v. Sweden (no. 14573/89) | . | . |
1990 | Cossey v. United Kingdom | . | . |
1990 | Z.B. v. United Kingdom | . | . |
1992 | Kerkhoven and Hinke v. Netherlands | . | . |
1992 | Zukrigl v. Austria | . | . |
1992 | B. v. France | . | . |
1992 | S. v. Switzerland | . | . |
1993 | Modinos v. Cyprus (no. 15070/89) | . | . |
1995 | Wilde, Greenhalgh and Parry v. United Kingdom | . | . |
1995 | H.F. v. Austria | . | . |
1996 | Röösli v. Germany | . | . |
1996, November | Wingrove v. UK | . | . |
1997, January | Laskey and Others v. UK (nos. 21627/93, 21826/93 and 21974/93) | . | . |
1997 | X.,Y. and Z. v. United Kingdom | . | . |
1997 | Marangos v. Cyprus | . | . |
1997 | L.F. v. Ireland | . | . |
1997 | Roetzheim v. Germany | . | . |
1998 | Sheffield and Horsham v. the United Kingdom | . | . |
1998 | Sobhani v. Sweden (No. 32999/96) | . | . |
1998 | Kara v. United Kingdom | . | . |
1999, September | Smith and Grady v UK (nos. 33985/96, 33986/96) | . | . |
1999, September | Lustig-Prean and Beckett v UK (nos. 31417/96, 32377/96) | . | . |
1999, December | Salgueiro da Silva Mouta v. Portugal (no. 33290/96) | . | . |
2000, July | A.D.T. v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2001, March | Sutherland v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2001, May | Mata Estevez v. Spain (no. 56501/00) | . | . |
2001 | Morris v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2002, February | Fretté v. France (no 36515/97) | . | . |
2002 | Christine Goodwin v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2002 | I. v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2002 | Tosto v. Italy | . | . |
2002, October | Beck and Others v. UK (nos. 48535/99, 48536/99, 48537/99) | . | . |
2002, October | Perkins and R. v. the United Kingdom (nos. 43208/98, 44875/98) | . | . |
2003, January | S. L. v. Austria (no. 45330/99) | Year | HRC case |
2003, January | L. and V. v. Austria (nos. 39392/98, 39829/98) | 1985 | Hertzberg et al. v. Finland (61/1979) |
2003 July | Karner v. Austria (no. 40016/98) | 1994 | Toonen v. Australia (488/1992) |
2003 | Van Kück v. Germany | 2002 | Joslin v. New Zealand (902/1999) |
2003 | Brown v. United Kingdom | 2003 | Young v. Australia (941/2000) |
2004, February | B.B. v. United Kingdom (no. 53760/00) | 2005 | X. v. Columbia[5] |
2004 | F. v. United Kingdom | 2012 | Fedotova v. Russia[6] |
2004 | Woditschka and Wilfling v. Austria | . | . |
2004 | I. I. N. v. The Netherlands (2035/04) | . | . |
2005 | Ladner v. Austria | . | . |
2005 | Wolfmeyer v. Austria | . | . |
2005 | H. G. and G. B. v. Austria | . | . |
2006 | Grant v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2006 | R.H. v. Austria | . | . |
2006 | Parry v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2006 | R. and F. v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2007 | Bączkowski and Others v. Poland (no. 1543/06) | . | . |
2007 | L. v. Lithuania | . | . |
2008, January | E.B. v. France (no. 43546/02) | . | . |
2008 | Courten v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2008, December | Stavros Marangos v. Cyprus (no. 12846/05) | . | . |
2009 | Schlumpf v. Switzerland | . | . |
2009 | M.W. v. United Kingdom | . | . |
2010, March | Kozak v. Poland (no. 13102/02) | . | . |
2010, June | Schalk and Kopf v. Austria (no. 30141/04) | . | . |
2010, July | P.B. and J.S. v. Austria (no. 18984/02) | . | . |
2010, September | J. M. v. The United Kingdom (no. 37060/06) | . | . |
2010, October | Alekseyev v. Russia (no. 4916/07, 25924/08, 14599/09) | . | . |
2010, November | P. V. v. Spain (no. 35159/09) | . | . |
2012, February | Vejdeland and Others v. Sweden (no. 1813/07) | . | . |
2012, March | Gas and Dubois v. France (no. 25951/07) | . | . |
2012, October | Molnar v. Romania (no. 16637/06).[7] | . | . |
2013, February | X and Others v. Austria[8] | . | . |
Ongoing | Zhdanov and Rainbow House v. Russia (no. 12200/08, communicated in 2011) | . | . |
2013, November | E.B. and Others v. Austria (no. 48098/07)[9] | . | . |
Ongoing | dos Santos Couto v. Portugal (no. 31874/07) | . | . |
Ongoing | Georgescu v. Romania (no. 4867/03) | . | . |
Ongoing, suspended[10] | A.E. v. Finland (no. 30953/11, communicated in 2012[11]) | . | . |
2012, June | Genderdoc-M. v. Moldova (no. 9106/06) | . | . |
2011, October | Stasi v. France (no. 25001/07)[12] | . | . |
2012, | Zontul v. Greece [13] | . | . |
Ongoing | R.A. v. France (no. 49718/09) | . | . |
Ongoing | Chapin and Charpentier v. France (no. 40183/07, communicated in 2009) | . | . |
2014, July | Hamalainen v. Finland (no. 37359/09) | . | . |
Ongoing | A. K. v. Poland (no. 7705/05) | . | . |
Ongoing | P. v. Portugal (no. 56027/09) | . | . |
Ongoing | Y.Y. v. Turkey (no. 14793/08) | . | . |
2012, October | X. v. Turkey (no. 24626/09) | . | . |
Ongoing | K. v. France (no. 47129/09) | . | . |
Ongoing | Hallier and Lucas v. France (no. 46386/10) | Year | ECSR case |
Ongoing | Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v. Georgia (no. 7224/11) communicated in 2013[14] | 2009 | INTERIGHTS v. Croatia (45/2007)[15] |
2013, January | Eweida and Others v. UK (nos. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10 and 36516/10)[16] | . | . |
Ongoing | Yefremenkova and Others v. Russia (no. 19700/11[17]) | . | . |
Ongoing | M.C. and A.C. v Romania (no. 12060/12[18]) | . | . |
2013, November | Vallianatos and Others v. Greece (nos. 29381/09, 32684/09)[19] | Year, month | Inter-American system case |
Ongoing | Dietz and Others v. Austria | 1999, May | Álvarez Giraldo v. Colombia[20] |
Ongoing | Cassar v. Malta (no. 36982/11)[21][22] | 2012, February | Atala Riffo and daughters v. Chile[23] |
Ongoing | Aleksandrov v. Russia [24] | . | . |
2012, June | K.N. v. France 47129/09[25] | . | . |
2013, June | M.K.N. v. Sweden [26] | . | . |
2014, March | F. J. and E.B. against Austria [27] | . | . |
2014, April | Mladina d.d. Ljubljana v Slovenia[28] | . | . |
2014, April | M. E. v. Sweden[29] | . | . |
2015, March | Y.Y. v. Turkey[30] | . | . |
2015, May | Identoba and Others v. Georgia[31] | . | . |
2015, July | Oliari and Others v. Italy[32] | . | . |
2016, February | Pajić v. Croatia[33] | . | . |
Ongoing | Sabalić v. Croatia[34] | . | . |
Ongoing | Alekseyev v. Russia № 14988/09 etc.(communicated[35]in 2016) | . | . |
This list needs updating
Pending before ECtHR: H.G. v. Austria (48098/07); D.B.N. v. UK (26550/10), Hallier and Lucas v. France (no. 46386/10), Bonnaud and Lecoq v. France (no. 6190/11), Taddeucci et McCall v. Italy (51362/09); Francesca Orlandi and Others v. Italy, Alekseyev v. Russia № 9689/06, Alekseyev (No. 2) v. Russia № 25924/08 merged with № 4916/07; Fedotova v. Russia, № 2064/10; Sutyagin v. Russia, № 13518/10; Alekseyev, Bayev, Nepomnyaschiy v. Russia, № 39954/09; Bayev v. Russia, № 67667/09.[36]
Pending before HRC: Alekseyev v. Russia, № 1873/2009.
List by topics
Criminalization or detention
- X. v. Germany (1975)
- Dudgeon v. United Kingdom (1981)
- Johnson v. United Kingdom (1986)
- (?) v. Switzerland (1988)
- Norris v. Ireland (1988)
- S. v. Switzerland (1992)
- Modinos v. Cyprus (1993)
- Toonen v. Australia (1994; HRC)
- Marangos v. Cyprus (1997)
- Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v. United Kingdom (1999)
- A.D.T. v. United Kingdom (2000)
- ongoing – Georgescu v. Romania (no. 4867/03)
Age of consent
- X. v. United Kingdom (1978)
- Zukrigl v. Austria (1992)
- Wilde, Greenhalgh and Parry v. United Kingdom (1995)
- H.F. v. Austria (1995)
- Sutherland v. United Kingdom (2001)
- Morris v. United Kingdom (2001)
- S. L. v. Austria (2003)
- L. and V. v. Austria (2003)
- B.B. v. United Kingdom (2004)
- Woditschka and Wilfling v. Austria (2004)
- Ladner v. Austria (2005)
- H. G. and G. B. v. Austria (2005)
- Wolfmeyer v. Austria (2005)
- R.H. v. Austria (2006)
- E.B. and Others v. Austria (2013)
- ongoing – dos Santos Couto v. Portugal (no. 31874/07)
Freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and freedom of association
- X. Ltd. and Y. v. United Kingdom (1982)
- Hertzberg et al. v. Finland (1985; HRC)
- Morissens v. Belgium (1988)
- Müller v. Switzerland (1988)
- Wingrove v. UK (1996)
- Bączkowski and Others v. Poland (2007)
- Alekseyev v. Russia (2010)
- Vejdeland and Others v. Sweden (2012)
- Genderdoc-M. v. Moldova (2012)
- Molnar v. Romania (2012)
- Fedotova v. Russia (2012)
- Identoba and Others v. Georgia (2015)
- ongoing – Zhdanov and Rainbow House v. Russia (no. 12200/08)
- ongoing – Yefremenkova and Others v. Russia
- ongoing – M.C. and A.C. v Romania
- ongoing – Alekseyev v. Russia № 14988/09
Adoption, parental rights and obligations
- Kerkhoven and Hinke v. Netherlands (1992)
- Salgueiro da Silva Mouta v. Portugal (1999)
- Fretté v. France (2002)
- E.B. v. France (2008)
- J. M. v. The United Kingdom (2010)
- Gas and Dubois v. France (2012)
- X and Others v. Austria (2013)
- ongoing – Hallier and Lucas v. France
- ongoing – Bonnaud and Lecoq v. France
Housing tenure, social and employer's benefits
- S. v. United Kingdom (1986)
- Röösli v. Germany (1996)
- Grant v. South West Trains Ltd. (1998; ECJ)
- D. v. Council (2001; ECJ)
- Mata Estevez v. Spain (2001)
- Karner v. Austria (2003)
- Young v. Australia (2003; HRC)
- Courten v. United Kingdom (2008)
- M.W. v. United Kingdom (2009)
- Kozak v. Poland (2010)
- P.B. and J.S. v. Austria (2010)
- Hay v Crédit agricole mutuel (2013; CJEU)
Military service
- B. v. United Kingdom (1983)
- Smith and Grady v UK (1999)
- Lustig-Prean and Beckett v. United Kingdom (1999)
- Beck, Copp and Bazeley v. the United Kingdom (2002)
- Perkins and R. v. the United Kingdom (2002)
- Brown v. United Kingdom (2003)
- Marangos v. Cyprus (2008)
Residence permits, asylum and extradition
- X. and Y. v. United Kingdom (1983)
- W. J. and D. P. v. United Kingdom (1987)
- C. and L. M. v. United Kingdom (1989)
- Z. B. v. United Kingdom (1990)
- Sobhani v. Sweden (1998)
- F. v. United Kingdom (2004)
- Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel v X (C-199/12), Y (C-200/12), and Z v Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel (2013, CJEU case)
- A, B, C v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie (2014, CJEU case)
- Pajić v. Croatia (2016)
- ongoing – R.A. v. France (no. 49718/09)
- ongoing - Taddeucci et McCall v. Italy
Gender reassignment and its consequences
- X. v. Germany (1977)
- Van Oosterwijck v. Belgium (1980)
- Rees v. United Kingdom (1986)
- James v. United Kingdom (1988)
- W. v. United Kingdom (1989)
- Eriksson and Goldschmidt v. Sweden (1989)
- Cossey v. United Kingdom (1990)
- B. v. France (1992)
- P. v. S and Cornwall County Council (1996; ECJ)
- X., Y. and Z. v. United Kingdom (1997)
- L.F. v. Ireland (1997)
- Roetzheim v. Germany (1997)
- Sheffield and Horsham v. the United Kingdom (1998)
- I. v. United Kingdom (2002)
- Christine Goodwin v. United Kingdom (2002)
- Van Kück v. Germany (2003)
- K.B. v. NHS Pensions Agency (2004; ECJ)
- Richards v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2006; ECJ)
- Grant v. the United Kingdom (2006)
- Parry v. United Kingdom (2006)
- R. and F. v. United Kingdom (2006)
- L. v. Lithuania (2007)
- Schlumpf v. Switzerland (2009)
- P.V. v. Spain (2010)
- H. v. Finland (2012)
- Y.Y. v. Turkey (2015)
- ongoing – A. K. v. Poland
- ongoing – P. v. Portugal
- ongoing – Cassar v. Malta
Dress code
- Kara v. United Kingdom (1998)
Blood donation
- Tosto v. Italy (2002)
- Léger v Ministre des Affaires sociales... (2015; ECJ)
Registration of partnership
- Joslin v. New Zealand (2002; HRC)
- Schalk and Kopf v. Austria (2010)
- Vallianatos and Others v. Greece (2013)
- Oliari and Others v. Italy (2015)
- ongoing – Chapin and Charpentier v. France
Personal refusal of services to LGBT
- Eweida and Others v. the United Kingdom (2013; see Ladele v London Borough of Islington and McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd)
Violence and lack of investigation thereof
- X. v. Turkey (2012)
- Stasi v. France (2011)
- ongoing – Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v. Georgia
- ongoing – M.C. and A.C. v Romania
See also
References
- ↑ JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 7 November 2013
- ↑ Hay v Crédit agricole mutuel
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE No 162/14
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE No 46/15
- ↑ HRC views on the communication No. 1361/2005 30 March 2007
- ↑ HRC views on the communication No.1932/2010 19 November 2012
- ↑ (French)
- ↑ ECtHR Grand Chamber 19.02.2013 judgment in case X and Others v. Austria (no. 19010/07))
- ↑ ECtHR Chamber judgment on applications nos. 31913/07, 38357/07, 48098/07, 48777/07 and 48779/07
- ↑ LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014 p. 14
- ↑ Statement of facts in case No. 30953/11
- ↑ Press release on ECtHR judgment in case no. 25001/07
- ↑ ECtHR judgment in case no. 12294/07(French)
- ↑ Statement of facts in case 7224/11
- ↑
- ↑ ECtHR Chamber judgment in cases nos. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10 and 36516/10
- ↑ Statement of facts on applications nos. 57818/09, 19700/11 and others
- ↑ Statement of facts on application no. 12060/12
- ↑ ECtHR Grand Chamber judgment in cases nos. 29381/09 and 32684/09
- ↑ IAComHR admissibility report Nº 71/99, case 11.656
- ↑ Statement of facts on application no. 36982/11
- ↑ Transgender people to be awarded the right to marry 2013
- ↑ IACourtHR judgment
- ↑ European Human Rights Advocacy Centre 10 Year review 2003 To 2013 p. 30
- ↑ ECtHR committee decision in case no. 47129/09(French)
- ↑ ECtHR Chamber judgment in case no. 72413/10
- ↑ Admissibility decision in cases nos. 2362/08 and 26271/08
- ↑ ECtHR judgment in case no. 20981/10
- ↑ ECtHR judgment in case no. 71398/12
- ↑
- ↑ ECtHR judgment in case no. 73235/12
- ↑ ECtHR judgment in cases nos. 18766/11 and 36030/11
- ↑ ECtHR judgment in case no. 68453/13
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑
Literature
- Paul Johnson Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights, Routledge, 2012 (an updated list of cases from the book is publicly provided by the author)
- Gabriel N. Toggenburg “LGBT” go Luxembourg: on the stance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Rights before the European Court of Justice European Law Reporter 5/2008
- LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014
- Frédéric Edel Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity Council of Europe, 2015
- Ending violence and other human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity: A joint dialogue of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and United Nations Pretoria University Law Press, 2016
External links
- European Court of Human Rights non-binding factsheets, issued by its Press Unit:
- ECHR Sexual Orientation Blog by Dr. Paul Johnson (University of York)