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

This list contains cases of the European Commission of Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) and United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) related to LGBTQ people. According to one study of the European human rights system, recognition of an LGBT right by the ECtHR increased the likelihood that other countries in the Council of Europe would adopt the LGBT right as policy.




Council of Europe






= European Commission of Human Rights

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This table is for cases heard only by the European Commission of Human Rights, a human rights body of the Council of Europe disbanded in 1998. Cases heard by the commission and subsequently the European Court of Human Rights are listed in the next table. Both the commission and the court interpret the European Convention on Human Rights.




= European Court of Human Rights

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A 2021 examination of the ECtHR's rulings on people seeking asylum on the grounds of their sexual orientation between 1990 and 2019 found that of 23 cases, 20 were declared inadmissible, 2 were denied, and one violation was found. This does not count cases that were struck out.



Concluded cases


ILGA-Europe maintains a list of recently concluded ECtHR cases and their execution status.



Pending cases





= European Committee of Social Rights

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The European Committee of Social Rights issues judgements based on the European Social Charter, a Council of Europe treaty.




European Union


All European Union member states are also members of the Council of Europe and subject to the ECtHR.




= Court of Justice of the European Union

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Organization of American States






= Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

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= Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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United Nations






= United Nations Human Rights Committee

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The United Nations Human Rights Committee oversees the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.




See also



LGBT rights in Europe
Same-sex union court cases




References






Literature






External links


European Court of Human Rights non-binding factsheets, issued by its Press Unit:
"Sexual Orientation Issues", May 2015
"Homosexuality: criminal aspects", June 2014
"Gender Identity Issues", March 2015
ECHR Sexual Orientation Blog by Prof. Paul Johnson (University of York)
Going to Strasbourg by Prof Paul Johnson, which contains oral history interviews with applicants to the European Court of Human Rights

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of LGBT-related cases before international courts and quasi-judicial bodies
• European Court of Human Rights
• Judiciary of India
• Dudgeon v United Kingdom
• Federal judiciary of the United States
• Judicial system of Turkey
• Oliari and Others v. Italy
• State court (United States)
• Law of the European Union
• P v S and Cornwall County Council