Party’s right to transcript one’s homosexual status to the civil status records – remarks on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Cover Image

Prawo strony do przeniesienia do rejestru stanu cywilnego małżeństwa jednopłciowego – uwagi na tle orzecznictwa Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka w Strasburgu
Party’s right to transcript one’s homosexual status to the civil status records – remarks on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

Author(s): Anna Grabarczyk
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Administrative law; transcription; civil status record; ECtHR; ECHR; Orlandi; Oliari; Schalk I Kopff; jurisprudence; LGBT;

Summary/Abstract: According to the Polish regulations, a person, who entered into marriage abroad, may request that to be transcribed – i.e. revealed in the Polish civil status records. Nevertheless, such transcription may not be demanded by all those, who entered into marriage abroad, even if all of the foreign legal requirements of marriage were granted. Among others, it is impossible to transcribe to the Polish civil status records a gay marriage, concluded abroad. In the following article, the author will attempt to answer, whether current Polish legal regulations, according to which a marriage successfully concluded abroad, does not enjoy any legal recognition, and by extension – protection, complies with the minimal standards of human right protection, as envisaged by the European Convention on Human Rights and jurisprudence of European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg.

  • Issue Year: 22/2019
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 27-40
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish