Information Note on the Court’s case-law 227

March 2019

A.D.-K. and Others v. Poland (communicated case) - 30806/15

Article 14

Discrimination

Refusal to include child of same-sex couple in register of civil status: communicated

The first two applicants are two women living in a civil partnership in the United Kingdom. The first applicant is a Polish national. The second applicant, the biological mother of the third applicant, is a British national. The child’s original birth certificate indicates the second applicant as her mother and the first applicant as parent. The applicants complain about the refusal of the Polish authorities, on the basis of “the fundamental rules of legal order in Poland”, to have the particulars of the third applicant’s birth certificate recorded in the Polish register of civil status. The third applicant also complains that she remains in a state of uncertainty as regard s her right to Polish citizenship and that this refusal has had consequences for her inheritance rights.

Communicated under Articles 8 and 14 of the Convention.

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