Taking this decision, the Committee seems to have relied on a literal interpretation of art. See the Case of Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom,Application No. Nihal 2002, p. 164. For example, the ways in which international human rights courts and United Nations treaty bodies have interpreted the right to privacy, encompassing the protection of women's reproductive freedoms, the protection against marital rape40 as well as an adult's decision whetherto engage in sexual conduct with a same-sex partner,4’ undoubtedly influence the interpretation of provisions related to the family. An assessment of when a law, policy or practice has a discriminatory impact depends not only on the circumstances of the case but also on the point in time when the assessment is made.