Discrimination against transgender people in Europe

Amendment No. 9 | Doc. 13742 | 21 April 2015

Signatories:

Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Ben-Oni ARDELEAN, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Zsolt CSENGER-ZALÁN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Ms Aleksandra DJUROVIĆ, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Ms Rózsa HOFFMANN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Zsolt NÉMETH, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Aleksandar NIKOLOSKI, ''The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'', EPP/CD ; Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin

2015 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 6.2.3, insert the following words:

"in all decisions concerning children, their best interests should prevail over any other rights and interests;"

Explanatory note

The ECHR considers that the child's best interests must be the primary consideration in assessing whether a fair balance has been struck between competing interests at stake (see for example Neulinger and Shuruk v. Switzerland case §§ 136 and 137).