The European Court of Human Rights Shaping Family Life in Cross-border Surrogacy. The Paradiso et Campanelli Case
Cross-border surrogacy has become increasingly common: people from countries where surrogacy is forbidden make recourse to it abroad. Yet, the home country’s ban on surrogacy may prevent the continuity of the family status established abroad. Such cases have been brought also before the European Court of Human Rights for the alleged violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The judgment that the Grand Chamber issued in the Paradiso et Campanelli c.