October 2018
Romania: Marriage in the Constitution?By Priscille KulczykOn 11 September 2018, the Romanian Senate approved, with 107 votes in favour, 13 against and 7 abstentions, the proposal to amend the Constitution so as to acknowledge that “the family is founded on...
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Towards a new definition of marriage?By Priscille KulczykOn the 11 th of January 2018, Advocate General Melchior Wathelet delivered his Opinion in the case Relu Adrian Coman and Others v. Romania (C-673/16) , pending before the Court of Justice of the...
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ECHR : No right to divorceBy Grégor PuppinckBrief comments on the decisions BABIARZ and PIOTROWSKI v. Poland (n os 1955/10 and 8923/12). On 10 th January 2017, the European Court of Human Rights reminded, by the Babiarz v. Poland (n° 1955/10)
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July 2016
Romanian Court in Favor of MarriageBy ECLJ The Constitutional court of Romania ruled on July, 20 th on a citizens’ initiative and found it acceptable regarding the Constitution and international treaties Romania signed. A Romanian coalition...
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Chapin and Charpentier v. FranceBy Grégor PuppinckOn June 9, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its decision on the case of Chapin and Charpentier v. France (n°40183/07). It questioned the French courts' decision to annul the...
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Protection of Homosexual RelationsBy Grégor PuppinckThe ECHR condemned Italy for not giving a status to homosexual couples. Judging through a progressive interpretation of the very content of the Convention instead of through the application of said...
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September 2014
No obligation tohave same-sex marriageBy ECLJ On the 16th of July 2014 the Grand Chamber of the ECHR confirmed the Fourth Section of the Court’s judgment founding no violation of the right to private and family life in Hämäläinen v. Finland (no.
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Mayors Denounce Const. Council BiasBy Claire de La HougueUpdate: the ECHR rejected the application 4 weeks later. Article published on Causeur.fr March 7 th , 2014. On Monday 24 th of February, 13 mayors lodged an application at the European Court of Human...
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Same-sex marriage: two new casesBy Grégor PuppinckThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to consider two cases against the Italian heterosexual definition of marriage. - In the first case ( OLIARI and A. against Italy and Gian Mario...
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Marriage & “gender identity” before GCBy Grégor PuppinckOn April 29, 2013 the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) decided to refer the case H. v. Finland (N°37359/09) to the Grand Chamber, i.e. the highest formation of the Court, in order to...
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