Human rights / Right to family life

The case concerned a transgender man from Iran who had obtained asylum in Hungary but could not legally change his gender and name in that country. The Court noted that the domestic system for gender recognition had excluded the applicant simply because he did not have a birth certificate from Hungary, a change in the birth register being the way name and gender changes were legally recognised. The Court concluded that a fair balance had not been struck between the public interest and the applicant’s right to respect for his private life owing to the refusal to give him access to the legal gender recognition procedure.

16 July 2020 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Birth Certificates - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life | Countries: Hungary - Iran, Islamic Republic of

24 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Freedom of religion - Laws relating to religion - Regional instruments - Religious discrimination - Right to family life | Countries: France - Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

28 February 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Mandate status - Persons of concern to UNHCR - Resettlement - Right to family life - UNHCR mandate | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Iraq - Syrian Arab Republic - Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

11 October 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Regional instruments - Right to education - Right to family life - Right to health | Countries: Afghanistan - Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

7 August 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Mandate status - Persons of concern to UNHCR - Resettlement - Right to family life - UNHCR mandate | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 April 2013 | Judicial Body: Luxembourg: Cour administratif | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Family reunification - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Visas | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Luxembourg

10 May 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - National security / Public order - Right to family life | Countries: Bulgaria

Heard at Field House on 13 July 2010.

19 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Family reunification - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugees - Right to family life | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

17 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Crime prevention - Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Right to life | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Admissibility application.

14 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Expulsion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Netherlands