Clear violations in stripping of contact rights from parent undergoing gender reassignment – Violation of Art. 8 ECHR and Art. 14 ECHR taken in conjunction with Art. 8 ECHR

EUROPE: FAMILY LAW

European Court of Human Rights, judgment, 6 July 2021, A.M. and others v. Russia (Application no. 47220/19).

"The case concerned a court decision to end A.M.’s contact rights with her children because she had been undergoing gender transition at that time. The Court found in particular that there had been no evidence of any potential damage to the children from the transition, and that the domestic courts had not examined the particular circumstances of the family. Furthermore, it found that the decision had been clearly based on the applicant’s gender identity and had thus been biased.»

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