Rights of the child
Case-Law Guide
Transversal Theme Updates
A.P. and R.P. v. Poland, no. 1298/19
Refusal to register foreign birth certificate of same-sex couple’s child who had acquired Polish citizenship at birth.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Dragoni and Others v. Italy, no. 12654/22
The domestic courts’ decision declaring the applicant parents’ daughter available for adoption and discontinuing contact with her family of origin, and the domestic authorities’ alleged failure to make the necessary efforts to safeguard the family relationship between the applicant grandparents and their granddaughter.
Judgment
Novák v. the Czech Republic, no. 6656/24
Domestic courts’ alleged failure to strike a fair balance between the parties’ interests in custody proceedings after the applicant’s spouse had unilaterally and unlawfully relocated with their children.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Key Themes

Related Key Theme(s) from other Article / Transversal Theme pages
- Detention of migrant children (Immigration)
- Discrimination in access to education (Article 2 of Protocol No. 1)
- Domestic violence (Article 2)
- Filiation (Article 8)
- Representation of the child before the ECHR (Article 8)
- Surrogacy (Article 8)
Useful Materials

Useful Links

- EU action on the rights of the child (European Commission)
- Newsletter on the rights of the child (European Commission)

