Written Comments of FIDH, APDHE, ILGA-EUROPE, ECSOL, and UKLGIG on Application No. 15109/15, M.B. v. Spain, European Court of Human Rights, Third Section, Submitted on 15 January 2016
Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality
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