In het (vergelijkende) seksuelegerichtheidsrecht gaat het steeds om gerichtheid op anderen - ongeacht geslacht. Deze oratie betoogt dat ‘the right to relate' hierbij het uitgangspunt kan zijn. Dit... Show moreIn het (vergelijkende) seksuelegerichtheidsrecht gaat het steeds om gerichtheid op anderen - ongeacht geslacht. Deze oratie betoogt dat ‘the right to relate' hierbij het uitgangspunt kan zijn. Dit recht om relaties aan te gaan en te ontwikkelen impliceert een recht om uit de kast te komen en om samen te komen. En het is de basis voor aanspraken op respect, bescherming, erkenning en formalisering van relaties. Show less
The right to establish and develop relationships with other human beings was first articulated - as an aspect of the right to respect for private life - by the European Commission of Human Rights... Show moreThe right to establish and develop relationships with other human beings was first articulated - as an aspect of the right to respect for private life - by the European Commission of Human Rights in 1976. Since then such a right has been recognized in similar words by national and international courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This lecture traces the origins of this right, linking it to the meaning of the word "orientation" and to the basic psychological need for love, affection, and belongingness. It proposes to speak of "the right to relate" and argues that this right can be seen as the common theme in all issues of sexual orientation law (ranging from decriminalization and anti-discrimination to the recognition of refugees and of same-sex parenting). This right can be used as the common denominator in the comparative study of all those laws in the world that are anti-homosexual or that are same-sex-friendly. The right to establish (same-sex) relationships implies both a right to come out and a right to come together. The right to develop (same-sex) relationships is being made operational through legal respect, legal protection, legal recognition, legal formalization, and legal recognition of foreign formalization. Show less
The right to establish and develop relationships with other human beings was first articulated - as an aspect of the right to respect for private life - by the European Commission of Human Rights... Show moreThe right to establish and develop relationships with other human beings was first articulated - as an aspect of the right to respect for private life - by the European Commission of Human Rights in 1976. Since then such a right has been recognized in similar words by national and international courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the European Court of Human Rights, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This lecture traces the origins of this right, linking it to the meaning of the word "orientation" and to the basic psychological need for love, affection, and belongingness. It proposes to speak of "the right to relate" and argues that this right can be seen as the common theme in all issues of sexual orientation law (ranging from decriminalization and anti-discrimination to the recognition of refugees and of same-sex parenting). This right can be used as the common denominator in the comparative study of all those laws in the world that are anti-homosexual or that are same-sex-friendly. The right to establish (same-sex) relationships implies both a right to come out and a right to come together. The right to develop (same-sex) relationships is being made operational through legal respect, legal protection, legal recognition, legal formalization, and legal recognition of foreign formalization. Show less
Schuijt, G.A.I.; Konijnenbelt, H.; Sint Truiden, M.P. van; Waaldijk, C.; Wees, J.G.L. van der 2013