List of LGBT-related cases before international courts and quasi-judicial bodies

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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] . .
Ongoing Sabalić v. Croatia[33] . .

This list needs updating

Pending before ECtHR: Identoba and Others v Georgia;[34] 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; Alekseyev (No. 4) v. Russia № 14988/09; Fedotova v. Russia, № 2064/10; Sutyagin v. Russia, № 13518/10; Alekseyev, Bayev, Nepomnyaschiy v. Russia, № 39954/09; Bayev v. Russia, № 67667/09.[35]

Pending before HRC: Alekseyev v. Russia, № 1873/2009.

List by topics

Criminalization or detention

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

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)
  • 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

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

  1. JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 7 November 2013
  2. Hay v Crédit agricole mutuel
  3. PRESS RELEASE No 162/14
  4. PRESS RELEASE No 46/15
  5. HRC views on the communication No. 1361/2005 30 March 2007
  6. HRC views on the communication No.1932/2010 19 November 2012
  7. [1](French)
  8. ECtHR Grand Chamber 19.02.2013 judgment in case X and Others v. Austria (no. 19010/07))
  9. ECtHR Chamber judgment on applications nos. 31913/07, 38357/07, 48098/07, 48777/07 and 48779/07
  10. LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014 p. 14
  11. Statement of facts in case No. 30953/11
  12. Press release on ECtHR judgment in case no. 25001/07
  13. ECtHR judgment in case no. 12294/07(French)
  14. Statement of facts in case 7224/11
  15. [2]
  16. ECtHR Chamber judgment in cases nos. 48420/10, 59842/10, 51671/10 and 36516/10
  17. Statement of facts on applications nos. 57818/09, 19700/11 and others
  18. Statement of facts on application no. 12060/12
  19. ECtHR Grand Chamber judgment in cases nos. 29381/09 and 32684/09
  20. IAComHR admissibility report Nº 71/99, case 11.656
  21. Statement of facts on application no. 36982/11
  22. Transgender people to be awarded the right to marry 2013
  23. IACourtHR judgment
  24. European Human Rights Advocacy Centre 10 Year review 2003 To 2013 p. 30
  25. ECtHR committee decision in case no. 47129/09(French)
  26. ECtHR Chamber judgment in case no. 72413/10
  27. Admissibility decision in cases nos. 2362/08 and 26271/08
  28. ECtHR judgment in case no. 20981/10
  29. ECtHR judgment in case no. 71398/12
  30. [3]
  31. ECtHR judgment in case no. 73235/12
  32. ECtHR judgment in cases nos. 18766/11 and 36030/11
  33. [4]
  34. [5]
  35. [6]

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