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Freyre Alejandro v. GCBA, Administrative Tribunal of First Instance No. 15 of the Federal Capital, Buenos Aires, Argentina (10 November 2009)

Nov 10, 2009

Procedural Posture After the plaintiffs’ application for a marriage licence was denied, they filed an amparo action before the Administrative Tribunal, challenging the constitutionality of Articles 172 and 188 of the City of Buenos Aires’ Civil Code. Facts The...

Re Alex, Family Court of Australia (6 May 2009)

May 6, 2009

Procedural Posture The Government and Secretary of the Department of Human Services brought suit on behalf of Alex for a declaration from the Court that the Secretary could allow the seventeen-year old to undergo a bilateral mastectomy. A 2004 ruling had allowed the...

Sunil Babu Pant and Others/ v. Nepal Government and Others, Supreme Court of Nepal (21 December 2007)

Dec 21, 2007

(Note: Summary based on translation published in National Judicial Academy Law Journal, 2 NJA Law Journal 2008, pp. 261-286.) Procedural Posture In April 2007, the Blue Diamond Society, MITINI Nepal, Cruse AIDS Nepal, and Parichaya Nepal, all organizations...

Secretary for Justice v. Yau Yuk Lung Zigo and Lee Kam Chuen, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of Final Appeal (17 July 2007)

Jul 17, 2007

Procedural Posture The respondents were charged with having committed buggery “other than in private”, in violation of Section 118F(1) of the Crimes Ordinance. They pleaded not guilty on the ground that the law was unconstitutional. Finding the law unconstitutional,...

Sentencia C-075/07, Constitutional Court of Colombia (7 February 2007)

Feb 7, 2007

Procedural Posture Direct challenge to the constitutionality of excluding same-sex couples from the economic protections afforded under Law 54 of 1990. Issue Whether denying same-sex partners the same inheritance protections and rights that were granted to...

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Re Alex, Family Court of Australia (6 May 2009)

Secretary for Justice v. Yau Yuk Lung Zigo and Lee Kam Chuen, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of Final Appeal (17 July 2007)

Sentencia C-075/07, Constitutional Court of Colombia (7 February 2007)

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