Case of Burghartz v. Switzerland

Gender-based law on marital names.  The Court found no legal justification for a law to require married women to take their husbands' surnames.

Topics

• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• Europe
• Switzerland

Keywords

• european court of human rights

Year

• 1994

External URL

• Case of Burghartz v. Switzerland

Court

• European Court of Human Rights

Type

• International Case Law

Jurisdiction

• European Court of Human Rights