THE PRIVATE OF LIVE

Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his
correspondence.
The meaning of private life
According to the Court, private life is a broadconcept which is incapable of exhaustive
definition.9 The concept is clearly wider than the right to privacy, however, and it
concerns a sphere within which everyone can freely pursue the developmentand
fulfilment of his personality. Respect for private life must also comprise to a certain
degree the right to establishand develop relationships with other human beings.Thus,
private life necessarily includes the right to develop relationships with other
personsand the outside world.

What relationships constitute private

life?
Relationships which fall outside the scope of
family life Relationships which fall outside the scope of
family life under Article 8 may nonetheless deserve
the provision’s protection where they constitute private
life. This category includes:
➤ Relationships between foster parents and
children they have looked after;
➤ Relationships between parties who are not yet
married;
➤ Relationships between homosexuals and
their partners with or without children;
Private life does not extend to the relationship
between an owner and his pet.