Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Spain) - Tribunal Supremo

Date: 05/11/2009

Subject: The Court, considering the ECHR and the European Court of Human Rights’ jurisprudence, has established that the registrar cannot exercise conscientious objection with regard to the registration in the register of birth, marriages and deaths of a marriage between persons of the same sex.

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Art. 10 Freedom of thought - Freedom of religion - Conscientious objection - Equality - Art. 20 Equality

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