Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 05/18/2021

Subject: The judgment on the refusal to recognize the parental link between a minor born via a surrogate mother in the United States and the parents, who are not biologically related to him, but in presence of a family life in the applicants’ relationship: according to the Court the right to the respect for family life was not violated

Parties: Valdís Fjölnisdóttir e altri c. Islanda

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy