Strasbourg, 16/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - Two judgements by the Grand Chamber in Strasbourg last week in the case of Goodwin & I. v. the United Kingdom, witnessed the European Court of Human Rights holding unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and a violation of Article 12 (right to marry and to found a family) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The two applicants (gender realigned male to female transsexuals)...