JOHNSTON AND OTHERS v. IRELAND View

Notes

Date	18/12/1986
AppNr	9697/82
Body	Court (Plenary)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	12; 14+8; 25-1; 35-1; 41; 8; 9
Violated / NonViolated	881214
Citations	35-15-25-35-45-566-16-3-a6-3-b6-3-c7891011131425-1P1-1P1-2P1-3235-166-16-3-c8910111213141825-134P1-1P1-2

Conclusions:

Costs and expenses award - Convention proceedings
No violation of Art. 12
No violation of Art. 14+8
No violation of Art. 8
Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient
Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed
Preliminary objection rejected (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies)
Preliminary objection rejected (victim)
Violation of Art. 8
Violation of Art. 8 regarding the legal situation of the third applicant under Irish law

Keywords:

(art. 12) marry
(art. 14) discrimination
(art. 34) victim
(art. 35-1) exhaustion of domestic remedies
(art. 8-1) respect for family life
(art. 9-1) freedom of conscience

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Plenary)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	A112
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH;RUSSIAN
Application Number	9697/82
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	Ireland
Referred by	Commission
Date of Reference	21/05/1985
Date of Judgment	18/12/1986
Applicability	Art. 9 inapplicable
Conclusion	Preliminary objection rejected (victim) ; Preliminary objection rejected (non-exhaustion of domestic remedies) ; No violation of Art. 8 and 12 ; No violation of Art. 14+8 ; Violation of Art. 8 regarding the legal situation of the third applicant under Irish law ; Pecuniary damage - claim dismissed ; Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient ; Costs and expenses award - Convention proceedings
Articles	25-1 , 35-1 , 12 , 8 , 14+8 , 9 , 41
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	The Constitution of Ireland 1937 ; The Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Order) Act 1930 ; The Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976 The Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, Section 6 (4) ; The Legitimacy Act 1931, Sections 1 (1), 2, 9 (1) ; The Adoption Act 1952 ; The Succession Act 1965
Strasbourg Case Law	Golder judgment of 21 February 1975, Series A no. 18, p. 14, para. 29 ; Marckx judgment of 13 June 1979, Series A no. 31, pp. 13, 25, 26, 15, 21, paras. 27, 58, 31, 45 ; Airey judgment of 9 October 1979, Series A no. 32, pp. 15, 17, paras. 26, 33 ; Le Compte, Van Leuven and De Meyere judgment of 18 October 1982, Series A no. 54, p. 10, para. 21 ; Silver and Others judgment of 25 May 1983, Series A no. 61 ; Zimmermann and Steiner judgment of 13 July 1983, Series A no. 66, p. 14, para. 36 ; De Jong, Baljet and van den Brink judgment of 22 May 1984, Series A no. 77, pp. 20, 19, paras. 41, 39 ; Campbell and Fell judgment of 28 June 1984, Series A no. 80, p. 31, para. 57 ; Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali judgment of 28 May 1985, Series A no. 94, pp. 33-34, para. 67 ; James and Others judgment of 21 February 1986, Series A no. 98, p. 46, para. 80 ; Lithgow and Others judgment of 8 July 1986, Series A no. 102, p. 66, para. 177 ; Rees judgment of 17 October 1986, Series A no. 106, p. 15, para. 37
External Sources	The Constitution of Ireland 1937 ; The Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Order) Act 1930 ; The Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976 The Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, Section 6 (4) ; The Legitimacy Act 1931, Sections 1 (1), 2, 9 (1) ; The Adoption Act 1952 ; The Succession Act 1965 ; The Status of Children Bill 1986 ; The Family Home Protection Act 1976 ; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 16 para. 1 ; The Collected Edition of the Travaux préparatoires of the European Convention on Human Rights, vol. 1, p. 268 ; The Protocol no. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 5 ; The explanatory report to the Protocol no. 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights, para. 39 ; The Preamble to the European Convention of 15 October 1975 on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock ; The Vienna Convention of 23 May 1969 on the Law of Treaties, Article 31 para. 1
Keywords	"(Art. 12) MARRY" "(Art. 14) DISCRIMINATION" "(Art. 34) VICTIM" "(Art. 35-1) EXHAUSTION OF DOMESTIC REMEDIES" "(Art. 8-1) RESPECT FOR FAMILY LIFE" "(Art. 9-1) FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE"

Application Documents 1

1

J. and others v. IRELAND

Commission (Plenary) Decision

07/10/1983

References 10

	42 REES v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 8, 12 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	17/10/1986
	437 LITHGOW AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM P1-1, 14, 6-1, 13 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	08/07/1986
	436 JAMES AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM P1-1, 14, 6-1, 13 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	21/02/1986
	264 ABDULAZIZ, CABALES AND BALKANDALI v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 8, 14, 13 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/05/1985
	221 CAMPBELL AND FELL v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 6-1, 6-3-b, 6-3-c, 8, 13 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	28/06/1984
	169 DE JONG, BALJET AND VAN DEN BRINK v. THE NETHERLANDS 5-3, 5-4, 5-1, 5, 14 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	22/05/1984
	202 ZIMMERMANN AND STEINER v. SWITZERLAND 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	13/07/1983
	89 LE COMPTE, VAN LEUVEN AND DE MEYERE v. BELGIUM (ARTICLE 50) Court (Chamber) Judgment (Just Satisfaction)	18/10/1982
	327 MARCKX v. BELGIUM 8, 14, P1-1 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	13/06/1979
	411 GOLDER v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 6-1, 8 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	21/02/1975

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