R and H v The United Kingdom: ECHR 23 Sep 2008

The claimants complained at the procedure used to free their child for adoption against their wishes.

Citations:

35348/06, [2008] ECHR 969

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Cited by:

See AlsoR And H v The United Kingdom ECHR 31-May-2011
The court considered arrangements for an adoption in Northern Ireland where the parent’s consent was withheld.
Held: For parental consent to be overriden there had to be shown an overriding need for the decision. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Human Rights, Adoption, Northern Ireland

Updated: 19 July 2022; Ref: scu.276684