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...
Tag: <span>Valentina Volpe</span>
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...