Gay rights in mexico

The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Working through a worldwide network of HRC global alumni and partners, we lift up the voices of community, national and regional advocates and share tools, resources, and lessons learned to empower movements for marriage equality.

These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions. Liechtenstein: On May 16,Liechtenstein's government passed a bill in favor of marriage equality. The law went into effect January 1, Thailand's King signed the marriage equality bill into law on September 24, The law went into effect on January 22, Greece: On February 15, Greece's Parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first Christian Orthodox majority country to do so.

The same vote also legalized same-sex adoptions. Estonia: On June 20,Estonia's parliament voted in favor of marriage equality, becoming the first post-Soviet Union country to legalize same-sex marriage. Slovenia: On July 8th,the Constitutional Court of Slovenia ruled that the ban on same-sex marriages violated the constitution of Slovenia and gave the Slovenian parliament 6 months to pass legislation accordingly, which it did on October 4.

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The ruling took effect immediately after the court decision. Andorra: On July 21,the unicameral legislature of Andorra, the General Council, voted unanimously to amend the country's civil union law to include marriage equality for same-sex couples. Cuba: On September 25,in a national referendum, Cubans approved a Family Code that included provisions allowing same-sex couples to marry.

Chile: On December 9,the president of Chile signed into law a marriage equality bill that passed in the Senate on December 7 and the lower house on Nov. Same sex civil unions had been legal since Slovenia: On July 8th,a ruling from the constitutional court of Slovenia decided that the ban on same-sex marriages violated the constitution of Slovenia.

Switzerland : On December 16,the Swiss Parliament overwhelmingly passed legislation extending marriage to same-sex couples. The Supreme Court set May 26, as the deadline gay the National Assembly to enact such legislation, but it did not meet that deadline, and marriage equality came into effect on that date.

Austria: The Constitutional Court of Austria ruled on December 4, that denial of marriage equality was discriminatory, legalizing same-sex marriage. Marriage equality took effect January 1, rights Taiwan: The Taiwan Constitutional Mexico ruled in that marriage could not be restricted to opposite-sex couples and gave parliament two years to enact legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.

Parliament passed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage which went into effect May 24,making Taiwan the gay country to enact marriage equality in Asia. Init issued an advisory opinion to Costa Rica that signatories of the American Convention on Human Rights are obliged to make same-sex marriage legal.

Inthe ECJ determined that all EU countries were required to recognize the same-sex marriages of EU and non-EU citizens for purposes of immigration, regardless of whether same-sex marriage is legal in those countries. In recognition of this decision, the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria affirmed in that the country would recognize such same-sex marriages for the purposes of immigration.

This page is based on a review of legislation and judicial mexico recognizing same-sex marriage. It does not identify countries that recognize other kinds of relationships between same-sex couples, such as civil unions, registered partnerships or domestic partnerships. We note that processes for obtaining a marriage license for same-sex couples in some countries right across localities, such as in Mexico where, in light of a constitutional court ruling, some states have enacted marriage equality while, in other states, same-sex couples must seek an amparo from a federal court to obtain a license.