Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Konstitucinis Teismas

Date: 01/11/2019

Subject: The decision of the Konstitucinis Teismas (Constitutional Court), on the interpretation of article 43(1) of the law on the legal status of foreigners (“Law on the legal status of aliens”) with regard to the issue of temporary residence permits to foreign nationals, aiming at the family reunification with Lithuanian nationals or persons residing in the State, in the event of marriage or registered civil unions between persons of the same sex stipulated abroad, analyses the norms of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, of the ECHR and of Directive 2004/38/EC and the jurisprudence of the Courts of Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Parties: Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania

Original language: Lithuanian

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 9 Right to marry - Right to found a family - Equality - Citizens’ rights - Art. 45 Freedom of movement - Freedom of residence

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