FEDOTOVA AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 40792/10 (Judgment : Right to respect for private and family life : Third Section)

Art 8 • Positive obligations • Lack of any opportunity to have same-sex relationships formally acknowledged, not striking a fair balance between interests at stake • Lack of legal recognition resulting in serious daily obstacles for same-sex couples • No prevailing community interest • Wide margin of appreciation to States in choosing form of registration of same-sex unions, overstepped in present case

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Peeter Roosma, ��������� Andreas Z�nd, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Section Registrar,

the applications (nos. 40792/10 , 30538/14, and 43439/14) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by six Russian nationals, listed in the appended table (�the applicants�), on the dates indicated in that table;