List of LGBT-related cases before international courts and quasi-judicial bodies

This list contains cases of the European Commission of Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) and United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) related to LGBT people. According to one study of the European human rights system, recognition of an LGBT right by the ECtHR increased the likelihood that other countries in the Council of Europe would adopt the LGBT right as policy.

European Commission of Human Rights
This table is for cases heard only by the European Commission of Human Rights, a human rights body of the Council of Europe disbanded in 1998. Cases heard by the commission and subsequently the European Court of Human Rights are listed in the next table. Both the commission and the court interpret the European Convention on Human Rights.

European Court of Human Rights
A 2021 examination of the ECtHR's rulings on people seeking asylum on the grounds of their sexual orientation between 1990 and 2019 found that of 23 cases, 20 were declared inadmissible, 2 were denied, and one violation was found. This does not count cases that were struck out.

Concluded cases
ILGA-Europe maintains a list of recently concluded ECtHR cases and their execution status.

European Committee of Social Rights
The European Committee of Social Rights issues judgements based on the European Social Charter, a Council of Europe treaty.

European Union
All European Union member states are also members of the Council of Europe and subject to the ECtHR.

United Nations Human Rights Committee
The United Nations Human Rights Committee oversees the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Literature

 * Gabriel N. Toggenburg “LGBT” go Luxembourg: on the stance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Rights before the European Court of Justice European Law Reporter 5/2008
 * LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014
 * Frédéric Edel Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity Council of Europe, 2015
 * Gabriel N. Toggenburg “LGBT” go Luxembourg: on the stance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Rights before the European Court of Justice European Law Reporter 5/2008
 * LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014
 * Frédéric Edel Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity Council of Europe, 2015
 * Gabriel N. Toggenburg “LGBT” go Luxembourg: on the stance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Rights before the European Court of Justice European Law Reporter 5/2008
 * LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014
 * Frédéric Edel Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity Council of Europe, 2015
 * Gabriel N. Toggenburg “LGBT” go Luxembourg: on the stance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Rights before the European Court of Justice European Law Reporter 5/2008
 * LGBTI Rights before the European Court of Human Rights: One Step at a Time FIDH 2014
 * Frédéric Edel Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity Council of Europe, 2015
 * Frédéric Edel Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights relating to discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity Council of Europe, 2015