Norris v. Ireland

Norris v. Ireland
Decided 26 October 1988
Full case nameDavid Norris v. Ireland
Case6/1987/129/180
Nationality of partiesIrish
Court composition
President
R. Ryssdal
Judges
Legislation affecting

Norris v. Ireland was a case decided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 1988, in which David Norris successfully charged that Ireland's criminalisation of certain homosexual acts between consenting adult men was in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to respect for private and family life).