Rights of LGBTI persons

Case-Law Guide


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Transversal Theme Updates


Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.

M.K. v. Latvia, no. 26035/23

03/07/25

Authorities’ failure to determine, in the context of child contact proceedings, the applicant’s interim contact with the child of her former partner, to whom she had no biological ties, but for whom she had cared for several years since his birth while in a relationship with his mother.
Judgment


T.H. v. the Czech Republic, no. 33037/22

12/06/25

Refusal of the applicant’s request to change his gender on the national identity card on the grounds that he had not undergone gender reassignment surgery as required by domestic law.
Judgment


Străisteanu v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 9989/20

05/06/25

Obligation imposed on the applicant, a lawyer and well-known LGBTQ+ rights activist, to remove videos from her Facebook page that showed another lawyer making insulting and homophobic remarks toward her just before the Pride parade.
Judgment


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