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  • Marie-Hélène Ludwig and Arpi Avetisyan

Ban on legal gender recognition: the missed opportunity of the Y.T. v Bulgaria revision

December 17, 2024

By Marie-Hélène Ludwig and Arpi Avetisyan Y.T. v. Bulgaria is among the rare cases where the ECtHR has adjudicated on the revision of a judgment under Rule 80 of the Rules of the Court. In its original judgment of 9 July 2020, the ECtHR found  a violation of ECHR Article 8 as domestic courts refused to grant legal gender […]