Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (France) - Cour de Cassation

Date: 11/04/2009

Subject: The case is based on the claim of recognition in the national legal system of a Moroccan judgment of divorce lodged by the claimant. The Court of Cassation has stated that such decision cannot be recognized, since it is deemed in contrast with the international public order and the norms of the VII Additional Protocol to the ECHR, because in violation of the principle of equality between husband and wife.

Parties: M. K.X. Mme Z.Y. épouse X

Original language: French

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Art. 23 Equality between men and women

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