This research report has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). This report assesses the need for a specific focus on lesbians in European ...

In the NH case – which can be characterised as a sequel to the Asociat¸ia Accept ruling delivered in 2013 – the Court of Justice of the European Union was confronted, once more, with an incident of homophobic speech. In ...

EU citizens and—through them—certain of their family members, derive from EU law the right to move between EU Member States and reside in the Member State of their choice. This right is enjoyed by all Union citizens ...

EU citizens and – through them – certain of their family members, derive from EU law the right to move between EU Member States and reside in the Member State of their choice. When rainbow families (i.e. families comprised ...

As is well-known, the first steps towards building what is today the EU were taken back in the 1950s and comprised the establishment of three Communities: the European Coal and Steel Community, which was established by ...

The book's aim is to consider the impact that the introduction and development of the status of Union citizenship has had on the interpretation of the EU's market freedoms. Starting by providing, in its introductory part ...

Few issues incite as much controversy in contemporary politics as the recognition and protection of the rights of sexual minorities. The dominance of heterosexuality as the only legitimate form of sexual orientation and ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, examines: (i) the obstacles that rainbow families (same-sex ...

This article seeks to examine the development of positive obligations under European law in the specific context of the rights of sexual minorities. It is clear that the law should respect and protect all sexualities ...

The proposed EU LGBTI strategy will need to revolve around the main axes on which the Commission’s List of Actions16 was based. The latter document did not lack breadth of coverage: it was comprehensive, with the proposed ...

This work is a study of the problem of reverse discrimination in EC law. In particular, the question that this book aims to answer is whether reverse discrimination emerging in the context of the Community’s internal ...