Court Approves Prosecution for Safer Sex
30 September 2015
Rechtskomitee LAMBDA urges Minister of Justice to decriminalise safer sex
The Vienna Appeals Court recently delivered a judgment approving the prosecution of Hiv-positive persons for abiding to the state propagated safer sex rules. Rechtskomitee LAMBDA (RKL) calls for immediate statutory clarification that obeying state sponsored rules constitutes no criminal offence. It said being upset that this matter of course has to be called for.
IUS AMANDI issue 2/2015 released
09 July 2015
Bürgerinitiative Ehe Gleich!
ÖVP hält an Diskriminierung fest Standesamtsverbot: EGMR leitet Verfahren gegen Österreich ein
JUS AMANDI Ausgabe 2/2015 | JUS AMANDI Archiv
European Human Rights Court Opens Proceedings on Austrian Sexual Apartheid
12 June 2015
Conservatives are discriminating and wasting tax money
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has opened proceedings on the exclusion of same-sex couples from the civil registry offices where civil marriages are performed (Dietz & Suttasom v Austria). Over 99% of applications can’t make it to this stage. Austria has until 23 September 2015 to give reasons for relegating same-sex couples to the regional administrative offices. Rechtskomitee LAMBDA (RKL), Austria’s LGBT civil rights organisation, calls on the Conservative Party to end discrimination and the waste of tax money.
JUS AMANDI Issue 1/2015 published
2 April 2015
ÖVP diskutiert das Ende des Eheverbots
ÖVP riskiert die Ehe light für Heterosexuelle Justizminister sperrt sich gegen Amnestie Verwirrung im Team Stronach
JUS AMANDI Ausgabe 1/2015 | JUS AMANDI Archiv
European Human Rights Court Opens Proceedings on Heterosexual Couples´ Exclusion from Registered Partnership
27 March 2015
By their opposition to marriage equality conservatives risk marriage light for heterosexuals
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has opened proceedings on the exclusion of opposite-gender couples (Ratzenböck & Seydl v Austria). Over 99% of applications can’t make it to this stage. Austria has until 25 June to give reasons for offering registered partnership solely to same-gender couples. 2013 the Court found exclusion of same-gender couples from registered partnership in Greece in violation of the European Convention of Human Rights (Vallianatos v Greece, Grand Chamber). Rechtskomitee LAMBDA (RKL), Austria’s LGBT civil rights organisation, reminds the Conservative Party that they, with continued opposition ot marriage equality, risk marriage light for heterosexuals.
