Communicated on 16 January 2020
Published on 3 February 2020
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 20081/19
Florin BUHUCEANU and Victor CIOBOTARU against Romania
and 12 other applications
(see list appended)
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASES
The applicants are same sex couples who complain that the Romanian legislation does not allow them to get married or to enter into any other type of civil union and thus they are being discriminated against as a result of their sexual orientation and disadvantaged by the lack of legal recognition of their relationship. They invoke Article 8 taken alone and in conjunction with Article 14 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been a violation of the applicants’ right to respect for their private and family life contrary to Article 8 of the Convention? In particular, should they be afforded a possibility to have their relationship recognised by law (see Oliari and Others v. Italy, nos. 18766/11 and 36030/11, 21 July 2015)?
2. Have the applicants suffered discrimination in the enjoyment of their Convention rights on the ground of their sexual orientation, contrary to Article 14 of the Convention read in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention, in respect of their inability to get married or enter into any other type of legally recognised union?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Birth year
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
1.
20081/19
10/04/2019
Florin BUHUCEANU
1971
Bucharest
Romanian
Victor CIOBOTARU
1987
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
2.
20108/19
10/04/2019
A.A.N.
1972
Bucharest
Romanian
M.M.I.
1980
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
3.
20115/19
10/04/2019
M.P.
1989
Brașov
Romanian
G.I.T.
1984
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
4.
20122/19
10/04/2019
Voicu-Dan DRAGOMIR
1983
Cernica
Romanian
Oliver ULERICH
1997
Petroșani
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
5.
20129/19
10/04/2019
G.C.C.
1974
Bucharest
Romanian
G.R.B.
1974
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
6..
20134/19
10/04/2019
A.T.S.
1979
Bucharest
Romanian
I.P.
1994
Târgu Mureș
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
7.
20140/19
10/04/2019
A.F.S.
1990
Bucharest
Romanian
S.G.M.
1990
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
8.
55037/19
18/10/2019
B.C.
1989
Bucharest
Romanian
I.I.C.
1987
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
9.
55041/19
18/10/2019
A.M.
1986
Brașov
Romanian
C.E.F.
1978
Brașov
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
10.
55045/19
18/10/2019
M.C.R.
1967
Brașov
Romanian
R.V.F.
1999
Dăișoara
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
11.
55047/19
18/10/2019
V.A.B.
1994
Bucharest
Romanian
M.A.D.
1988
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
12.
55049/19
18/10/2019
R.M.M.
1990
Urlați
Romanian
I.A.P.
1996
Dioști
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
13.
55051/19
18/10/2019
G.C.P.
1982
Otopeni
Romanian
F.S.
1979
Bucharest
Romanian
Raluca Iustina IONESCU
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