Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile
| Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile | |
|---|---|
| Court | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| Full case name | Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile |
| Decided | February 24, 2012 |
| Citations | Inter-Am. Comm. HR, Case 12.502 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Diego García Sayán, President; Manuel E. Ventura Robles, Vice-President; Leonardo A. Franco, Margarette May Macaulay, Rhadys Abreu-Blondet, Alberto Pérez Pérez, Judges |
| Case opinions | |
| Laws which discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation are prohibited by the American Convention on Human Rights; sexual orientation is a suspect classification. | |
| Keywords | |
Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile (Spanish: Atala Riffo y Niñas vs. Chile) was a landmark Inter-American Court of Human Rights case on LGBT rights, which reviewed a Chilean court ruling that in 2005 awarded child custody to a father due to the mother's homosexual orientation.
It was the first case the Inter-American Court took regarding LGBT rights. The Court's ruling also determined sexual orientation to be a suspect classification.