ECtHR: Y v POLAND 2022 – annotation of gender reassignment in full birth certificate – no violation (Judgment 17.2.2022)

In today’s Chamber judgment1 in the case of Y v. Poland (application no. 74131/14) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:
– no violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights, and
– no violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination).

The case concerned applications by Y, a transgender man, to have reference to his gender assigned at birth removed from his birth certificate, or to have a new birth certificate issued. The Court found in particular that the applicant had been unable to demonstrate that he had suffered any disadvantage as a result of the decisions of the domestic authorities. They had balanced the interests at stake, acting within their discretion, when refusing to alter the full birth certificate.

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