“…The judge then turned to Goodwin v United Kingdom (2002) 35 EHRR 18, in which the applicant was a post-operative male to female transsexual who was registered at birth as a male. Although the applicant lived in society as a wom…”
“…, app. no. 28957/95, (2002) 35 EHRR 18, a case concerning trans-sexual rights, where the Grand Chamber said that it “attaches less importance to the lack of evidence of a common European approach ..…”
“…tes. The margin of appreciation, however, narrowed. The series of cases culminated in the decision of the Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg Court in Goodwin v UK (2002) 35 EHRR 18, in which for the first time that Court held that there was a violation of the Convention, in particular Article 8. It was that decision which led to the enact…”