Eval­u­ation of Cer­tain European Court of Human Rights’ De­cisions Con­cern­ing the Effect of Having Dif­fer­ent Cit­izen­ship of Spouses at Mar­riage Upon the Family Sur­name

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

The art­icle eval­u­ates cer­tain ECtHR de­cisions con­cern­ing the effect of spouses having dif­fer­ent cit­izen­ships on the family sur­name at mar­riage.

The text ex­plains that the issue reached the ECtHR in re­la­tion to man­dat­ory use of the hus­band’s sur­name, a hus­band’s choice to use his wife’s sur­name, and equal­ity/non-discrimination con­cerns.