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Recognition of same-sex unions in Ukraine

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Marriage

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registered partnerships
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  1. KoN: Performed in the Netherlands proper, including the Caribbean Netherlands. Registered in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten in such cases, but the rights of marriage are not guaranteed.
  2. NZ: Neither performed nor recognized in Niue, Tokelau, or the Cook Islands.
  3. UK: Neither performed nor recognized in six British Overseas Territories.
  4. US: Neither performed nor recognized in some tribal nations. Recognized but not performed in several other tribal nations and American Samoa.
  5. Israel: Registered foreign marriages confer all marriage rights. Domestic common-law marriages confer most rights of marriage. Domestic civil marriage recognized by some cities.
  6. EU: The Coman v. Romania ruling of the European Court of Justice obliges the state to provide residency rights for the foreign spouses of EU citizens. Some member states, including Romania, do not follow the ruling.
  7. Cambodia: Recognition of a "declaration of family relationship", which may be useful in matters such as housing, but they are not legally binding.
  8. China: Guardianship agreements, conferring some limited legal benefits, including decisions about medical and personal care.
  9. HK: Inheritance, guardianship rights, and residency rights for foreign spouses of legal residents.
  10. India: Courts have recognised guru–shishya, nata pratha or maitri karar–type contractual relationships, but they are not legally binding.
  11. Japan: Some cities and prefectures issue partnership certificates, but they are not legally binding.
  12. Namibia: Marriages conducted abroad between a Namibian national and a foreign spouse recognized for residency rights.
  13. Romania: Hospital visitation rights through a "legal representative" status.
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Ukraine does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions. The Constitution of Ukraine defines marriage as between "a woman and a man". The issue of legal recognition for same-sex couples has become particularly acute after the start of Ukraine's accession to the European Union in 2022 and the Russian large-scale invasion of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[1][2]

In August 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government was working on passing a civil partnership law that would provide same-sex couples with some of the rights and benefits of marriage.[3] A petition in support of civil partnerships was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada in April 2023.[4][5] In May 2023, Zelenskyy said that the Ministry of Justice was working on introducing partnership legislation.[6][7] Polling suggests that a majority of Ukrainians support the introduction of same-sex registered partnerships.[8][9][10][11] Ukraine is also obliged to recognise same-sex unions under a June 2023 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

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  6. ^ "Рухаємось назустріч європейським стандартам. Зеленський відповів на петицію про реєстрацію партнерства для одностатевих пар — Delo.ua". delo.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
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  9. ^ "За майже десять років побільшало українців, які підтримують права гомосексуальних пар на реєстрацію сімейних стосунків – дослідження | ZMINA". zmina.info (in Ukrainian). 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  10. ^ "Одностатевим союзам – так? Що таке цивільне партнерство й коли його чекати в Україні". The Village Україна. 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  11. ^ Oprishchenko, Anastasiya (2023-03-08). "Що таке цивільне партнерство та чи дозволить воно зареєструвати шлюб одностатевим парам в Україні". Заборона (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-05-29.

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