Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights: Recent Judgments Against the United Kingdom and Their Impact on Other Signatories to the European Convention of Human Rights (original) (raw)

HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: RECENT JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THEIR IMPACT ON OTHER SIGNATORIES TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sameera Dalvi * I. II. III. I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 T HE G ENESIS OF THE E UROPEAN C OURT OF H UMAN R IGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 T HE R EACH OF THE J UDGMENTS OF THE E UROPEAN C OURT OF H UMAN R IGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 A. Status of the Convention in Domestic Law . . . . . . . . . . . 476 B. Margin of Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 C. Reservations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 D. The Social System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 T WIN D ECISIONS A GAINST THE U NITED K INGDOM BY THE E UROPEAN C OURT OF H UMAN R IGHTS IN N OVEMBER 1999 . . . . . ...