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W v. Registrar of Marriages, Hong Kong Court of First Instance (5 October 2010)

Oct 5, 2010

Procedural Posture Petition for judicial review of a decision by the Hong Kong Registrar of Marriages to refuse to grant the applicant, a transgender woman, a licence to marry her male partner. Facts The applicant was registered at birth as male. From 2005 to 2008 the...

The People v. Siyah Pembe Üçgen Izmir Association (“Black Pink Triangle”), Izmir Court of First Instance No. 6, Turkey (30 April 2010)

Apr 30, 2010

Procedural Posture The Prosecutor’s Office of Izmir brought a complaint to the Court requesting that the defendant association, Siyah Pembe Üçgen Izmir (“Black Pink Triangle”), be dissolved because it failed to comply with the requirements set forth in the Civil Code...

Sentenza 38/2010, Italian Constitutional Court (14 April 2010)

Apr 14, 2010

Procedural Posture The Venice Tribunal and the Trento Court of Appeal received two constitutional challenges to the Civil Code provisions relating to marriage. Having decided that the challenges were not manifestly ill-founded, the courts filed two separate motions to...

In re Foreign Adoption, Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia (28 January 2010)

Jan 28, 2010

Procedural Posture The Prosecutor General filed an appeal, called a request for protection of legality, against a decision of the Ljubljana District Court to recognise a foreign adoption by a same-sex couple. Facts The applicant parents, a same-sex couple with dual...

Re Marriage Case No. 33-1252, Moscow City Court, Russian Federation (21 January 2010)

Jan 21, 2010

Procedural Posture Cassation appeal. Issue Whether the registration of a same-sex marriage was possible under Russian legislation pertaining to marriages. Facts The Tver Civil Registry Department in Moscow refused to allow the plaintiffs to register a same-sex...

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W v. Registrar of Marriages, Hong Kong Court of First Instance (5 October 2010)

The People v. Siyah Pembe Üçgen Izmir Association (“Black Pink Triangle”), Izmir Court of First Instance No. 6, Turkey (30 April 2010)

Sentenza 38/2010, Italian Constitutional Court (14 April 2010)

In re Foreign Adoption, Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia (28 January 2010)

Re Marriage Case No. 33-1252, Moscow City Court, Russian Federation (21 January 2010)

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