SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION - A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Abstract

Any discrimination or exclusion based on sexual orientation for the purpose of reducing equality before the law, as well as providing preferential treatment on these grounds, constitutes sexual orientation discrimination . This paper will, inter alia, address the rights of same-sex partners vis-à-vis the rights of heterosexual partners, with the aim of analyzing the current stage of the European perspective in the area where the legal arrangements of certain EU Member States