The articles were first challenged in 1993, when Alexandros Modinos, a Cypriot architect and gay rights activist won a legal court case against the Government of Cyprus, known as Modinos v. Cyprus, at the European Court of Human Rights.
Paragrafy byly poprvé měněny v r. 1993, když Alexandros Modinos, kyperský architekt a gay aktivista, vyhrál u Evropského soudu pro lidská práva - Modinos vs. Kypr - spor s kyperskou vládou.