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Title
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CASE OF CHRISTINE GOODWIN v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
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Description
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In the case of Goodwin v. United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously upholds allegations of violations of Articles 8 and 12 of the ECHR in respect of the UK’s failure to recognise the legal status of trans people in the spheres of employment, social security, pensions, and marriage.
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References
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Stephen Gilmore, ‘England and Wales’ in Jens M. Scherpe (ed), The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons (Intersentia 2015) 189 ;
Flora Renz, ‘Chapter 18 (De)regulating trans identities’ In Chris Ashford, and Alexander Maine, (ed.s), Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and the Law, (Edward Elgar Publishing 2020) 245 ;
Information note on Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom - 28957/95 [2002] ECHR 588 (11 July 2002) <https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-5265> accessed 16 May 2024 ;
‘Transsexual wins right to marry’ (BBC News, 11 July 2002) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2122094.stm> accessed 16 May 2024
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Source
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British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)
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