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Johnston and Others Case

European Court of Human Rights.  18 December 1986 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Right to respect for family life — Right to marry — Whether including right to divorce and remarry — Extent of positive obligations incumbent on respondent State to protect rights — Discrimination — Freedom of conscience and religion — Whether applicable — Legal and social status of illegitimate child — Whether to be placed in same position as legitimate child — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Articles 8, 9, 12 and 14

Treaties — Interpretation — Changed circumstances — Right to marry — Whether including right to divorce — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 12 — Travaux préparatoires — Use to reveal object and purpose of provision — Evolutive interpretation — Whether permissible

International tribunals — Procedure — European Court of Human Rights — Preliminary pleas — Whether applicants “victims” — Exhaustion of local remedies — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 25

Damages — Human rights violations — Legal costs and expenses — Material and non-pecuniary loss — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 50

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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1992

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