Instruments Archives: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Acción de Inconstitucionalidad 2/2010, Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (10 August 2010)
Procedural Posture The Federal Attorney General challenged the constitutionality of a series of Civil Code amendments that permitted same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. Facts In December 2009 the legislature of the Federal District amended a series of articles of the Federal District’s Civil Code. Article 146, as amended, defined marriage in gender-neutral terms. […]
Freyre Alejandro v. GCBA, Administrative Tribunal of First Instance No. 15 of the Federal Capital, Buenos Aires, Argentina (10 November 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 plaintiffs, two men, applied for a marriage licence but had their application rejected by the Registry […]
Sunil Babu Pant and Others/ v. Nepal Government and Others, Supreme Court of Nepal (21 December 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 representing lesbians, gays, and “people of the third gender”, filed a writ petition under Article 107(2) of […]
Asociación Lucha por la Identidad Travesti-Transexual v. Inspección General de Justicia, Argentina Supreme Court of Justice (21 November 2006)
Procedural Posture The plaintiff, an association of transgender individuals, was denied recognition as a legal entity by the relevant government office. The Association appealed against the administrative decision but the appeal was dismissed. The Association then filed a motion for review of the denial of appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice. Facts The Association […]