Violation of the Right to Private and Family Life in Case of Lack of Official Recognition of Same-sex Relationships

The present study focuses on presenting the positive obligations of the signatory states of the European Convention on Human Rights, under Art. 8 of the Convention, to provide a legal framework enabling same-sex couples to enjoy adequate legal protection of their relationship. In order to achieve the proposed research objective, we considered the most recent cases before the European Court of Human Rights, namely the case Buhuceanu et al. against Romania, respectively the case of Fedotova against Russia

Is the Dual Residence an Appropriate Arrangement for the Minor with Separated Parents? National Experiences and European recommendations

The divorce of a child's parents should be managed in such a way that the minor is affected as little as possible. In order to minimize the impact of the parents' separation on the child, the question arises as to whether the establishment of an alternative home may, in certain cases, be the appropriate solution to ensure that the child retains a status as close as possible to that previously enjoyed. In order to provide an answer in this regard, we have referred to recommendations that have been put forward at European level, based on specialist studies, to models of good practice in other European countries and we have also provided examples from recent judicial practice in Romania