Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Absence of any form of legal recognition and protection of same-sex couples

Article 14 (+ Article 8) (Discrimination/Private and family life) - Absence of any form of legal recognition and protection for a same-sex couple - Unjustified difference in treatment of a same-sex couple vis-à-vis different-sex couples on the basis of sexual orientation

Article 8( Positive obligations) - Absence of any form of legal recognition and protection for same-sex couples - Respondent State’s failure to comply with positive obligation to ensure legal recognition and protection of such couples through specific legal framework

Violation of the right to consent to marriage and the right to inheritance by the new Persons and Family Code setting marital age at 18 for boys and 16 or 15 for girls (subject to consent of her father) and for legitimate female offspring half of what males inherit 

Article 8 (Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Refusal to register same-sex marriages contracted abroad

Articles 12 and 14 - The applicants considered that the limitation of marriage to persons of different sexes constitutes a discriminatory infringement of the right to marry - No violation

Article 3 (Expulsion) - Proposed deportation of young Somali woman to Mogadishu (Somalia) - Deportation would not constitute a violation

Article 8 (Positive obligations/Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Lack of legal recognition of same-sex partnerships

Article 14 (Discrimination) Article 8 (Respect for family life) Article 12 (Marry) - Inability of same-sex couple to marry - Cohabiting same-sex couple living in a stable relationship constitute “family life” - Inability of same-sex couple to marry