CASE OF VALLIANATOS AND OTHERS v. GREECE
Hearing: Vallianatos and Others v. Greece (nos. 29381/09, 32684/09) (Grand Chamber hearing, 2013-01-16 00:00:00)
Application no.: 32684/09
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2013-11-07 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2013:1107JUD002938109
Respondent state: GRC
Articles of the Convention: 8;8-1;14;14+8;34;35;35-1;41
Judges: Aleš Pejchal;André Potocki;Angelika Nußberger;Dean Spielmann;Elisabeth Steiner;Erik Møse;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre;Josep Casadevall;Julia Laffranque;Ledi Bianku;Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque;Peer Lorenzen
Represented by: GREEK HELSINKI MONITOR ; ALIVIZATOS N. ; MALLIOS E.
Issue: Sections 1-11 and 13 of Law no. 3719/2008 ; Articles 57, 59, 914, 932 and 1444 of the Civil Code ; Sections 104 and 105 of the Introductory Law to the Civil Code
Strasbourg case-law cited: Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, 28 May 1985, § 82, Series A no 94;Akdivar and Others v. Turkey, 16 September 1996, § 71, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-IV;Anakomba Yula v. Belgium, no 45413/07, § 22, 10 March 2009;Burden v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 13378/05, § 60, ECHR 2008;Carabulea v. Romania, no 45661/99, § 180, 13 July 2010;Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom [GC], no 28957/95, § 75, ECHR 2002-VI;Creanga v. Romania [GC], no 29226/03, § 130, 23 February 2012;Defalque v. Belgium, no 37330/02, § 46, 20 April 2006;Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom, 22 October 1981, Series A no 45;E.B. v. France [GC], no 43546/02, 22 January 2008;F. v. Switzerland, 18 December 1987, § 33, Series A no 128;Fédération chrétienne des Témoins de Jéhovah de France v. France (dec.), no 53430/99, 6 November 2001;Fressoz and Roire v. France [GC], no 29183/95, § 37, ECHR 1999-I;Fretté v. France, no 36515/97, ECHR 2002-I;Gas and Dubois v. France, no 25951/07, 15 March 2012;Gorraiz Lizarraga and Others v. Spain, no 62543/00, § 35, ECHR 2004-III;Hasan and Chaush v. Bulgaria [GC], no 30985/96, §§ 96-98, ECHR 2000-XI;Karner v. Austria, no 40016/98, ECHR 2003-IX;Kozak v. Poland, no 13102/02, 2 March 2010;Kudla v. Poland [GC], no 30210/96, § 152, ECHR 2000-XI;L. v. Lithuania, no 27527/03, §§ 35-36, ECHR 2007-IV;L. and V. v. Austria, nos. 39392/98 and 39829/98, ECHR 2003-I;Manoussakis and Others v. Greece, 26 September 1996, § 33, Reports 1996-IV;McFarlane v. Ireland [GC], no 31333/06, § 107, 10 September 2010;Modinos v. Cyprus, 22 April 1993, Series A no 259;Norris v. Ireland, 26 October 1988, Series A no 142;P.B. and J.S. v. Austria, no 18984/02, 22 July 2010;Paksas v. Lithuania [GC], no 34932/04, 6 January 2011, § 114;Petrovic v. Austria, 27 March 1998, § 22, Reports 1998-II;Roche v. the United Kingdom [GC], 19 October 2005, no 32555/96, § 137, ECHR 2005-X;Salgueiro da Silva Mouta v. Portugal, no 33290/96, ECHR 1999-IX;Sampanis and Others v. Greece, no 32526/05, § 58, 5 June 2008;SARL du Parc d’Activités de Blotzheim v. France, no 72377/01, § 20, 11 July 2006;Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, no 30141/04, ECHR 2010;Smith and Grady v. the United Kingdom, nos. 33985/96 and 33986/96, ECHR 1999-VI;Soto Sanchez v. Spain, no 66990/01, § 34, 25 November 2003;Tourkiki Enosi Xanthis and Others v. Greece, no 26698/05, § 38, 27 March 2008;Tyrer v. the United Kingdom, 25 April 1978, § 31, Series A no 26;X and Others v. Austria [GC], no 19010/07, 19 February 2013
External sources: Recommendation 924 (1981) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on discrimination against homosexuals;Recommendation 1474 (2000) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the situation of lesbians and gays in Council of Europe member states;Recommendation 1470 (2000) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the situation of gays and lesbians and their partners in respect of asylum and immigration in the member states of the Council of Europe;Resolution 1728 (2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of 29 April 2010 entitled “Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity”;Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe CM/Rec(2010)5 on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity;Articles 7, 9 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;Articles 4 and 5 of European Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification;Article 2 of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 29 April 2004
Conclusion: Preliminary objection partially allowed (Article 34 - Victim);Preliminary objection partially dismissed (Article 34 - Victim);Preliminary objection dismissed (Article 35-1 - Exhaustion of domestic remedies);Remainder inadmissible;Violation of Article 14+8 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life;Article 8-1 - Respect for family life;Respect for private life);Non-pecuniary damage - award
Separate opinion: TRUE