Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (France) - Cour de Cassation

Date: 10/08/2008

Subject: The Court of Cassation has established that the judicial attribution of a different name to an adopted child is not a violation of the child’s rights to the respect of his identity and of his private and family life, according to the Convention of New York on the child’s rights and to the ECHR.

Parties: M.LX-Y e M. Le procureur général de la cour d’appel de Rennes

Original language: French

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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