X And Others V. Austria
''X and Others v. Austria 53 ILM 64'' was a human rights case that was decided in 2013 by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The case concerned whether the Government of Austria had discriminated against Austrian citizens who were in same-sex relationships because the wording of the Austrian Civil Code (German: ''Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch'') did not permit unmarried same-sex relationship, same-sex couples access to legally granted second-parent adoptions, whereas it was available to unmarried heterosexual couples. ''X and Others v. Austria'' is viewed by international legal scholars as being the first recognition of the right of unmarried same-sex couples to second-parent adoption in States of the European Union, European States that are a party to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). However, the European Court of Human Rights considered the ruling built on discrimination protections that have been established as part of the body of LGBT rights in E ...
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Human Rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in Municipal law, municipal and international law. They are commonly understood as inalienable,The United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner of Human RightsWhat are human rights? Retrieved 14 August 2014 fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" and which are "inherent in all human beings",Burns H. Weston, 20 March 2014, Encyclopædia Britannicahuman rights Retrieved 14 August 2014. regardless of their age, ethnic origin, location, language, religion, ethnicity, or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being Universality (philosophy), universal, and they are Egalitari ...
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