Case of Dudgeon v. United Kingdom
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:European_Court_of_Human_Rights
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| gptkbp:affectedArea |
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:United_Kingdom |
| gptkbp:application |
gptkb:Jeffrey_Dudgeon
7525/76 |
| gptkbp:articleInvoked |
gptkb:Article_8_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights
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| gptkbp:category |
LGBT rights case
Human rights case |
| gptkbp:citation |
[1981] ECHR 5
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| gptkbp:date |
1981-10-22
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:European_Court_of_Human_Rights
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| gptkbp:effect |
decriminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults in Northern Ireland
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Case of Dudgeon v. United Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:languageOfName |
English
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| gptkbp:legalIssue |
criminalization of homosexual acts
right to respect for private life |
| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Modinos_v._Cyprus
gptkb:Norris_v._Ireland |
| gptkbp:response |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:result |
violation found
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| gptkbp:significance |
first successful LGBT rights case at the European Court of Human Rights
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Article_8_ECHR
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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