Hormann and Moser v. Austria - 31176/13 - Legal Summary [2015] ECHR 650 (29 May 2015)

Citation: [2015] ECHR 650
Parties: Applicants: Hörmann and Moser; Respondent: Austria
Jurisdiction: European Union
Judgment Date: 29 May 2015
Procedural Posture: Application to the European Court of Human Rights / Communicated Case
Outcome: Communicated to the Government for observations; no final judgment or order issued at this stage.
Legal Topics: Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation, Right to Marry, Registered Partnership, Civil Marriage

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Hörmann and Moser

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Austria

Respondent

Application to the European Court of Human Rights / Communicated Case

1 Whether the requirement that registered partnerships for same-sex couples be concluded before a different authority than civil marriages for opposite-sex couples constitutes discrimination under Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Communicated to the Government for observations; no final judgment or order issued at this stage.