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Dudgeon v United Kingdom | |
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Decided 22 October 1981 | |
Full case name | Dudgeon v United Kingdom |
Chamber | Grand Chamber |
Language of proceedings | English |
Nationality of parties | British |
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Dudgeon v United Kingdom (1981) was a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case, which held that Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, which criminalised male homosexual acts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, breached the defendant's rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.[1]
The case was significant