Family Name: the ECHR Against "Patriarchy"

Family Name: the ECHR Against "Patriarchy"

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"The mother bears the child and the child bears the father's name," a patriarchal tradition that the European Court of Human Rights no longer wants. The Court condemned Spain for discrimination against a mother who opposed the rule that the child should be named after the father first. A discriminatory treatment according to the Court, which awarded 10,000 euros of moral damages to the mother of a young girl. More details on this case "León Madrid v. Spain" in this video with Grégor Puppinck, director of ECLJ.

Food for thoughts: Link to read the decision of the European Court of Human Rights.

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The European Centre for Law and Justice is an international, Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in Europe and worldwide. The ECLJ has held special Consultative Status before the United Nations/ECOSOC since 2007.

The ECLJ engages legal, legislative, and cultural issues by implementing an effective strategy of advocacy, education, and litigation. The ECLJ advocates in particular for the protection of religious freedoms and the dignity of the person with the European Court of Human Rights and other mechanisms afforded by the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and others.

The ECLJ bases its action on "the spiritual and moral values which are the common heritage of European peoples and the true source of individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law, principles which form the basis of all genuine democracy" (Preamble of the Statute of the Council of Europe).

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