In a case closely followed by the ECLJ, the Schalk and Kopf v. Austria case (n°. 30141/04) the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has affirmed today, in a four to three decision, that there is no right to marriage or registered partnership for homosexuals under the European Convention of Human Rights. The Court further affirmed that the Austrian government had not discriminated against the “couple” by not allowing two men to contract a marriage.
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