Hämäläinen v Finland - Grand Chamber judgment imminent
The European Court of Human Rights has announced that its Grand Chamber judgment in Hämäläinen v Finland will be delivered next Wednesday, 16 July, at 4.30pm.
The complaint concerns whether the requirement that a transexual person transform an opposite-sex marriage into a same-sex civil partnership in order to obtain full recognition of their gender violates Articles 8, 12 and 14 of the Convention.
This is a very significant judgment. If the Court upholds the applicant's complaint it will, for the first time, recognise a right relating to marriage in respect of a couple comprising two persons of the same sex.
Full details of the forthcoming judgment are here:
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng-press/pages/search.aspx?i=003-4816729-5873459
The complaint concerns whether the requirement that a transexual person transform an opposite-sex marriage into a same-sex civil partnership in order to obtain full recognition of their gender violates Articles 8, 12 and 14 of the Convention.
This is a very significant judgment. If the Court upholds the applicant's complaint it will, for the first time, recognise a right relating to marriage in respect of a couple comprising two persons of the same sex.
Full details of the forthcoming judgment are here:
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng-press/pages/search.aspx?i=003-4816729-5873459
Comments
Post a Comment