Tag: Civil Union

Malta votes for civil unions, non-discrimination for transgender individuals, mutual recognition

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Civil unions
The Civil Unions Act amended Maltese law, allowing same-sex couples to enter partnerships with rights and duties similar to marriage. Partners will be able to adopt children.
Claudette Abela Baldacchino MEP, a Maltese member of the LGBT Intergroup, said: “Introducing civil unions was an important step towards fully embracing true European values. This is not merely a question of minority rights, but an… Read the rest

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Greek civil unions law only for heterosexual couples violates European human rights law

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In a judgment in the joint cases of Vallianatos and Mylonas v. Greece and C.S. and others v. Greece delivered today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by excluding same-sex couples from a “civil union”, restricted in Greece to heterosexual couples.
FIDH, ILGA-Europe, the ICJ, AIRE-Centre and Hellenic league for… Read the rest

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