European Court of Justice (European Union, Luxembourg)

European Court of Justice: denying same-sex partners pension rights is unjustifiable direct discrimination

Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg delivered its judgement in a landmark case on pension rights for registered same-sex partners (case of Tadao Maruko v. Versorgungswerk der deutschen Bühnen ).

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 April 2008 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bayerisches Verwaltungsgericht Munich, Germany) - Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen

Tadao MARUKO v. Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen, Oral Observations of Rechtsanwalt Dr. Helmut Graupner on behalf of Mr. Maruko's co-representative ILGA-Europe, 19 June 2007 (survivor's pension for employee's registered same-sex partner)

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Pan Africa ILGA is the African Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). It gathers 41 organizations throughout the region working for human rights and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people.

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