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Friday, November 8, 2013
Europe rights court finds Greece same-sex civil unions ban unlawful
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] ruled [judgment] Thursday that the exclusion of same-sex couples from civil unions under Greek law is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights [text]. The court held [press release, PDF] that the ban violates Article 8 (the right to respect for private and family life) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the convention and that "the state had not shown it to have been necessary, in pursuit...
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