JUDGING IDENTITIES. LGBT RIGHTS BEFORE EUROPEAN COURTS

This panel focuses on LGBT‘s fundamental rights judicial process of acknowledgement in Europe both at national and supranational level. In particular, it unfolds along three lines of thought: firstly, from a general and comparative perspective, the contribution of the vertical division of powers – as indicated by the contributory action of subnational legislation, administrative practice...

Panel 123, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

From Facts to Feelings. LGBT Identities Before European Courts

Law and human rights are increasingly estranged from their factual dimension. Self-understanding/definition along with personal feelings/inner statuses are acquiring relevance, especially in the interpretation of domestic/HR courts. The shift “from facts to feelings“ is visible in the area of LGBT rights, through which new paradigms of legal protection are emerging. The paper firstly focuses on...

Panel 123, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM