Gilbert v. the Czech Republic

FIFTH SECTION

Application no. 19280/24 Noam GILBERT against the Czech Republic

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 February 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Andreas Zünd , President , Diana Sârcu, Mykola Gnatovskyy , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application against the Czech Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 27 June 2024,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

The applicant’s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant was represented by Mr P. Kalla, a lawyer practising in Prague.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention, taken alone or in conjunction with Article 14, concerning the authorities’ refusal to grant the applicant’s request to change the personal details denoting gender in the civil status records on the grounds that the applicant had not undergone irreversible surgery, were communicated to the Czech Government (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against the Czech Republic in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay him the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 12 March 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Andreas Zünd Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 3, 8 and 14 of the Convention

(inhuman or degrading treatment, private life, prohibition of discrimination)

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

19280/24

27/06/2024

Noam GILBERT

1993

Kalla Petr

Prague

19/01/2026

24/10/2025

3,500

800

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.