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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 […]

  • Alice Margaria

Trans Family Law in Strasbourg: The Bittersweet Flavour of Savinovskikh and Others v Russia

November 19, 2024

by Alice Margaria The European Court of Human Rights (the Court) is becoming increasingly familiar with some of the struggles faced by trans parents. Over the last four years alone, it has ruled on at least three relevant cases: two concerning the termination of parental rights and one tackling the especially sensitive matter of parental […]

  • Deekshitha Ganesan and Richard Köhler

Trans People in Prison and the Law: Lessons from W.W. v. Poland

October 18, 2024

Deekshitha Ganesan and Richard Köhler On 11 July 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered an important decision in the case of W.W. v. Poland, finding that Polish prison authorities’ denial of access to hormone replacement therapy to a trans woman who was imprisoned violated Article 8 of the European Convention on […]

  • Guest Blogger

X and Y v. Romania: the ‘impossible dilemma’ reasoning applied to gender affirming surgery as a requirement for gender recognition

February 25, 2021

By Sarah Schoentjes, PhD Researcher at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University, and Dr. Pieter Cannoot, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University and Visiting Professor at the University of Antwerp In the case of X and Y v. Romania, the ECtHR has declared one more abusive requirement for gender recognition […]