Identità di genere e famiglia in Irlanda, Regno Unito e Islanda: quali spunti per l'Italia?

As known, the Italian Constitutional Court has been asked to verify whether or not the so called “compulsory divorce clause” applied in case that a spouse changes sex during the marriage is in contrast with the Italian Con- stitution. The same issue has been debated in Northern Europe as well. In particular, this paper provides a com- parative analysis of the legislative and judicial evolutions arising in Ireland, UK and Iceland in light of principles recently stated by the European Court of Human Rights.