[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/european-rights-court-finds-romania-in-violation-of-lgbtq-rights-and-orders-legal-protections-for-same-sex-couples\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/european-rights-court-finds-romania-in-violation-of-lgbtq-rights-and-orders-legal-protections-for-same-sex-couples\/","headline":"European rights court finds Romania in violation of LGBTQ+ rights and orders legal protections for same-sex couples","name":"European rights court finds Romania in violation of LGBTQ+ rights and orders legal protections for same-sex couples","description":"The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday, May 23, that Romania has violated Article 8 of the European Convention, which protects the right to respect for family life, by not legally recognizing same-sex marriages and by not giving LGBTQ+ couples any means of legally safeguarding their relationships. With this ruling, the ECHR issued an order for Romania to enshrine legal protections for same-sex couples.\r\n","datePublished":"2023-05-25","dateModified":"2023-05-25","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/marley\/#Person","name":"Marley Madding","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/marley\/","identifier":12421,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e150567506b1f5b751e2885fa5be7446c095593a181345e8ec7cb49e9e437c89?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e150567506b1f5b751e2885fa5be7446c095593a181345e8ec7cb49e9e437c89?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design.jpg","height":1193,"width":1800},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/european-rights-court-finds-romania-in-violation-of-lgbtq-rights-and-orders-legal-protections-for-same-sex-couples\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":314,"keywords":[" marriage equality"," same-sex marriage","LGBTQ Rights","Romania"],"articleBody":"The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday, May 23, that Romania has violated Article 8 of the European Convention, which protects the right to respect for family life, by not legally recognizing same-sex marriages and by not giving LGBTQ+ couples any means of legally safeguarding their relationships. With this ruling, the ECHR issued an order for Romania to enshrine legal protections for same-sex couples.“The ruling comes with an enforcement mechanism,\u201d says Iustina Ionescu, the human rights lawyer who argued the case. \u201cThe Romanian state must account for what it is doing to recognize and adopt a form of legal protection for same-sex families.\u201d If neither side successfully appeals the ruling after a window of three months, Romania will be required to implement legislation to introduce civil unions for same-sex couples.In a country ranked as \u201cone of the worst places for LGBTQ+ rights in Europe,” this will be an important stepping stone on the road to marriage equality and rectifying decades of egregious human rights abuses. Romania, a European Union (EU) member since 2007, is notoriously socially conservative and has long faced criticism for its anti-LGBTQ+ policies.Tuesday\u2019s judgment was made in response to complaints filed by a slate of 21 couples, who cited the disadvantages and discrimination under current domestic laws in the Balkan nation, where same-sex couples have been barred from such protections as mortgage programs, spousal bereavement leave and joint health insurance. \u201cRomania must stop the discrimination by law,\u201c Florin Buhuceanu and Victor Ciobotaru say in a statement. The petitioners say they vow to continue their efforts \u201cuntil equality in front of the law will become a reality in our country.\u201d Stay updated on marriage equality news by joining our mailing list and following us on Instagram and TikTok.Wanna chat about this news? Drop a comment below or join us in our private Facebook group.Featured image by York Foto"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"European rights court finds Romania in violation of LGBTQ+ rights and orders legal protections for same-sex couples","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/european-rights-court-finds-romania-in-violation-of-lgbtq-rights-and-orders-legal-protections-for-same-sex-couples\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]