Key legal question
Whether the Colombian gender-change record could be recognized in Switzerland under the IPRG.
Extracted holding
No. Recognition failed because the Colombian authority lacked indirect jurisdiction under Swiss conflict-of-laws rules.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 25 and 26 IPRG, foreign decisions are recognized only if the foreign authority had jurisdiction from the Swiss perspective. The appellant had lived in Switzerland for years, so the relevant jurisdiction lay with Swiss authorities, not Colombia.