Article 8 (Respect for private life) and Article 6 (Fair hearing) - Refusal of application for prior approval as a prospective adopter presented by an unmarried homosexual man, on the ground of his “choice of lifestyle”: no violation - Failure to summon to appear at hearing before Conseil d’Etat an unrepresented plaintiff who had no opportunity of seeing the submissions of commissaire du Gouvernement: violation
Dissenting / Concurring: Costa, Jungwiert, Traja / Bratza, Fuhrmann, Tulkens