A, B AND C v. IRELAND / ECHR

Notes

Date	16/12/2010
AppNr	25579/05
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	35; 35-1; 41; 8; 8-1; 8-2
Violated / NonViolated	88
Citations	36-16-38381314P1-1

Conclusions:

No violation of Art. 8
Non-pecuniary damage - award
Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies)
Remainder inadmissible
Violation of Art. 8

Keywords:

(art. 35-1) exhaustion of domestic remedies
(art. 8-1) respect for private life
(art. 8-2) interference
(art. 8-2) necessary in a democratic society
(art. 8-2) prescribed by law
(art. 8-2) protection of morals
margin of appreciation
positive obligations

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH
Application Number	25579/05
Importance Level	1
Represented by	KAY J.
Respondent State	Ireland
Date of Judgment	16/12/2010
Applicability	Article 8 applicable
Conclusion	Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies) ; Remainder inadmissible ; No violation of Art. 8 ; Violation of Art. 8 ; Non-pecuniary damage - award
Articles	8 ; 8-1 ; 8-2 ; 35 ; 35-1 ; 41
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Articles 40.3 and 50.1 of the Irish Constitution ; Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 ; Section 58 of the Civil Liability Act 1961 ; Section 10 of the Health (Family Planning) Act 1979 ; Sections 1, 2 and 8 of the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995 ; Article 26 and the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for the Termination of Pregnancies) Bill 1995 ; The Medical Practitioners Act 1978 ; Section 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003
Strasbourg Case Law	A. v. the United Kingdom, no. 35373/97, ECHR 2002-X ; Airey v. Ireland, 9 October 1979, Series A no. 32 ; B. v. France, 25 March 1992, Series A no. 232-C ; Botta v. Italy, 24 February 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-I ; Boyle and Rice v. the United Kingdom, 27 April 1988, Series A no. 131 ; Bruggemann and Scheuten v. Germany, no. 6959/75, Commission decision of 19 May 1976, Decisions and Reports (DR) D.R. 5, p. 103 ; Burden v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 13378/05, 29 April 2008 ; Carabulea v. Romania, no. 45661/99, 13 July 2010 ; Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 28957/95, ECHR 2002-VI ; Cudak v. Lithuania [GC], no. 15869/02, ECHR 2010-... ; D v. Ireland, (dec.), no. 26499/02, 6 September 2005 ; Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom, 22 October 1981, Series A no. 45 ; Evans v. the United Kingdom, [GC], no. 6339/05, ECHR 2007-IV ; Frette v. France, no. 36515/97, ECHR 2002-I ; Gaskin v. the United Kingdom, 7 July 1989, Series A no. 160 ; Glass v. the United Kingdom, no. 61827/00, ECHR 2004-II ; Handyside v. the United Kingdom, 7 December 1976, Series A no. 24 ; Hobbs v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 63684/00, 18 June 2002 ; Ireland v. the United Kingdom, 18 January 1978, Series A no. 25 ; James and Others v. the United Kingdom, 21 February 1986, Series A no. 98 ; Keegan v. Ireland, 26 May 1994, Series A no. 290 ; L. and V. v. Austria, nos. 39392/98 and 39829/98, ECHR 2003-I ; L.C.B. v. the United Kingdom, 9 June 1998, Reports 1998-III ; Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v. the United Kingdom, 19 February 1997, Reports 1997-I ; Lotarev v. Ukraine, no. 29447/04, 8 April 2010 ; Marckx v. Belgium, 13 June 1979, Series A no. 31 ; McFarlane v. Ireland [GC], no. 31333/06, ECHR 2010-… ; McGinley and Egan v. the United Kingdom, 9 June 1998, Reports 1998-III ; Müller and Others v. Switzerland, 24 May 1988, Series A no. 133 ; Nikolova v. Bulgaria [GC], no. 31195/96, ECHR 1999-II ; Nitecki v. Poland (dec.), no. 65653/01, 21 March 2002 ; Odièvre v. France [GC], no. 42326/98, ECHR 2003-III ; Open Door and Dublin Well Woman v. Ireland, 29 October 1992, Series A no. 246-A ; Osman v. the United Kingdom, 28 October 1998, Reports 1998-VIII ; Pentiacova and Others v. Moldova (dec.), no. 14462/03, ECHR 2005-... ; Pretty v. the United Kingdom, no. 2346/02, ECHR 2002-III ; Rees v. the United Kingdom, 17 October 1986, Series A no. 106 ; Roche v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 32555/96, ECHR 2005-X ; S.H. and Others v. Austria, no. 57813/00, ECHR 2010-… ; Sejdic and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina [GC], nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06, 22 December 2009 ; Sentges v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 27677/02, 8 July 2003 ; Silver and Others v. the United Kingdom, 25 March 1983, Series A no. 61 ; Smith and Grady v. the United Kingdom (just satisfaction), nos. 33985/96 and 33986/96, ECHR 2000-IX ; Soering v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 7 July 1989, Series A no. 161 ; Tyrer v. the United Kingdom, 25 April 1978, Series A no. 26 ; Tysiac v. Poland, no. 5410/03, ECHR 2007-IV ; Vo v. France [GC], no. 53924/00, ECHR 2004-VIII ; Whiteside v. the United Kingdom, no. 20357/92, (dec.) 7 March 1994 ; X and Y v. the Netherlands, 26 March 1985, Series A no. 91 ; X., Y. and Z. v. the United Kingdom, 22 April 1997, Reports 1997-II
External Sources	Protocol No. 17 to the Maastricht Treaty on European Union ; Article 8.25 of the Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (1994) ; Recommendation 1903(2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Fifteen years since the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action ; PACE Resolution 1607 (2008): Access to safe and legal abortion in Europe ; Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on his visit to Ireland, 26-30 November 2007, adopted on 30 April 2008, CommDH(2008)9 ; The Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women of July 2005 (A/60/38(SUPP) ; The Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Comments on the third periodic Report of Ireland on observance of the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR/C/IRL/CO/3 dated 30 July 2008)
Keywords	"(Art. 35-1) EXHAUSTION OF DOMESTIC REMEDIES" "(Art. 8-1) RESPECT FOR PRIVATE LIFE" "(Art. 8-2) INTERFERENCE" "(Art. 8-2) NECESSARY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY" "(Art. 8-2) PRESCRIBED BY LAW" "(Art. 8-2) PROTECTION OF MORALS" "MARGIN OF APPRECIATION" "POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS" PROPORTIONALITY

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