right to respect for private and family life

The plaintiff sued his wife, the defendant, to have his name as the father removed from a birth certificate. The child was born through the use of assisted reproductive technology (“ART”).

The plaintiff filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, asking to cancel paragraph 3 of the Medico-Biological and Socio-Psychological Guidelines for the Change (Correction) of Gender Identity adopted by the Ministry’s Order No. 60 dated 3 February 2011 (Order No. 60), specifically the part that lists the presence of children under the age of 18 and serious problems with social adaptation (unemployment, absence of permanent residence, etc.) as arguments for denying the procedure.