Type: Judgment

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

Date: 11/06/2012

Subject: The Tribunal Constitucional rejected the claim lodged against Law n. 13/2005, which modified the Civil Code, introducing in the legal system the weeding between persons of the same sex and authorized the adoption by homosexual couples, recalling the EU Charter of Rights and applying the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: Don Ignacio Astarloa Huarte-Mendicoa

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Right to found a family - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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