Bringing cases before the European Commission
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Beizaras and Levickas v. Lithuania: ILGA-Europe’s work on a landmark European hate speech judgement
How ILGA-Europe and our partner organisations used a European Commission against Racism and Intolerance Recommendation to positively influence the outcome of a landmark anti-LGBTI hate speech case
Together we can make the Coman judgment a reality: the freedom of movement of same-sex couples across the EU
Do you know when EU citizens started to have the right to free movement across the European Union (EU), i.e. the right to live and work in any Member States they choose?
The Coman case: Q&A
Posted: 5 June 2018
The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment today, saying that the definition of ‘spo
CJEU rules that ‘spouse’ definition in free movement law includes same-sex couples
Posted: 5 June 2018
Budapest court rules foreign same-sex marriages must be recognised in Hungary
Posted: 9 February 2018
A judge at Budapest District Court has ruled that same-sex couples who have married outside Hungary have the right to their union being recognised as a registered partnership in Hungary.
Freedom of movement and same-sex couples in Romania – case update!
Posted: 11 January 2018
Same-sex spouses are included in the definition of ‘spouse’, for the purposes of freedom of residence
Freedom of movement for all families? Same-sex couple ask EU court for recognition
Posted: 20 November 2017
That is the potentially life-changing situation being considered by the Court of the Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today.
Definitive answer within reach for same-sex couple seeking recognition in Romania
Posted: 29 November 2016
The Romanian Constitutional Court has announced that it will refer questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of a same-sex couple who wish to be recognised as spouses.
Ireland does not recognise Canadian same-sex marriage
Posted: 15 December 2006
On 14 December 2006, Judge Elizabeth Dunne of the Irish High Court ruled that same-sex marriage registered in Canada cannot be recognised in Ireland because of the current marriage definition in the Irish Constitution.
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