e/Lustig-Prean and Beckett v United Kingdom

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has gloss	eng: Lustig-Prean and Beckett v United Kingdom (2000) 29 ECHR 548 is a UK labour law and European Convention on Human Rights case on sexual orientation discrimination. The European Court of Human Rights simultaneous judgments for Beckett, Grady, Lustig-Prean and Smith are regarded as pivotal in gay rights throughout the UK and Europe. The impact on the USA is already being felt. Facts Duncan Lustig-Prean was a British naval officer who was dismissed from the Armed Forces after his homosexuality was discovered. He then led the campaign to change the law in the United Kingdom and Europe and was the lead test case of four which went through the British Courts to the European Court of Human Rights between 1995 and 2000. Then Lieutenant Commander Duncan Lustig-Prean was gay and was dismissed from the Royal Navy. He alleged that this, together with the intrusive nature of the investigations conducted by the Military Police into his sexuality, violated his right to privacy under Article 8 ECHR in connection with Article 14 ECHR.
lexicalization	eng: Lustig-Prean and Beckett v United Kingdom
lexicalization	eng: Lustig-Prean and Beckett v. United Kingdom
instance of	c/European Court of Human Rights cases involving the United Kingdom