Norris v. Ireland

Norris v. Ireland
Norris v. Ireland
Decided 26 October 1988
Full case name	David Norris v. Ireland
Case	6/1987/129/180
Nationality of parties	Irish
Court composition
	President; R. Ryssdal
	Judges J. Cremona; Thór Vilhjálmsson (jurist); F. Gölcüklü; F. Matscher; L.-E. Pettiti; Brian Walsh (judge); Vincent Evans; C. Russo; R. Bernhardt; A. Spielmann; Jan de Meyer; J.A. Carrillo Salcedo; N. Valticos;
Legislation affecting
	Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights; Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885; Offences against the Person Act 1861; Dudgeon v United Kingdom;

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).

Norris v. Ireland
Decided 26 October 1988
Full case name	David Norris v. Ireland
Case	6/1987/129/180
Nationality of parties	Irish
Court composition
President R. Ryssdal
Judges J. Cremona Thór Vilhjálmsson (jurist) F. Gölcüklü F. Matscher L.-E. Pettiti Brian Walsh (judge) Vincent Evans C. Russo R. Bernhardt A. Spielmann Jan de Meyer J.A. Carrillo Salcedo N. Valticos

Legislation affecting
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 Offences against the Person Act 1861 Dudgeon v United Kingdom