), a rovněž na článku 8 EÚLP a na Úmluvě Rady Evropy ze dne 28. ledna 1981 o ochraně osob s ohledem na automatizované zpracování osobních údajů, která byla ratifikována všemi členskými státy.  
This Article is based on Article 12 of the ECHR, which reads as follows: &#x2018; Men and women of marriageable age have the right to marry and to found a family according to the national laws governing the exercising of this right. &#x2019; The wording of the Article has been modernised to cover cases in which national legislation recognises arrangements other than marriage for founding a family.  