Article 8 (Positive obligations/Private and family life) - Absence of any form of legal recognition and protection for same‑sex couples

Art 8 (Positive obligations/Private and family life) - Absence of any form of legal recognition and protection for same-sex couples _ Confirmation of positive obligation to provide legal framework affording such couples adequate recognition and protection

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

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 8 (Positive obligations/Respect for family life/Respect for private life) - Refusal to give applicant female identity number following sex change unless marriage was transformed into a civil partnership

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

Article 8 (Positive obligations and Respect for family life) - Refusal to register post-operative transsexual as father of child born to partner by artificial insemination by donor

Whether denying a transsexual the right to change their sex on their birth certificate violated the right to privacy under Article 8 - Whether denying a transsexual permission to marry a person of the same (biological) sex violated the right to marry under Article 12.