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Amendment 1 and President Obama: The Dichotomy of Same-Sex Marriage
JURIST Guest Columnist Brynne Madway, The George Washington University Law School Class of 2013, offers insight on the Obama administration's public endorsement of gay marriage and examines the current state of LGBT initiatives...Earlier this month, (More) |
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New Mexico high court rules same-sex partner can seek custody of adopted child
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the same-sex partner of a parent who has adopted a child has a right to seek custody of that child after the partnership has dissolved. The court granted standing to a woman seeking partial custody (More) |
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France PM: same-sex marriage, adoption laws to be introduced
Laws legalizing marriage and adoption for same-sex couples will soon be introduced in France, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told a French television station on Friday. Same-sex marriage is currently banned by law in France. The prime minister's (More) |
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LGBT Discrimination and International Enforcement
JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Radcliffe, Head of Global Issues at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says that while international laws protect LGBT persons, proper enforcement is required to combat discrimination... (More) |
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Council of Europe announces ECHR reforms agreement
The 47 member states composing the Council of Europe on Friday agreed to a declaration that will bring new changes to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in order to make it more efficient. The declaration, which comes as an attempt to bett (More) |
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Slovenia referendum rejects law granting same-sex rights
Slovenians voted in a national referendum on Sunday against amendments to the country's family law that would have increased the rights granted to same-sex couples. The proposed Family Code passed the Slovenian Parliament last year under former pr (More) |
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Same-sex couples not entitled to adoption: ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) last week ruled that the right of a person in a same-sex partnership to adopt his or her partner's child is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights . The case involved a French woman who w (More) |
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Attempting to Preserve Equal Protection for Gays and Lesbians
JURIST Guest Columnist Julie Nice of the University of San Francisco School of Law says that the ruling in Golinski continues the momentum of recent decisions rejecting defenses that deny the designation and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples a (More) |
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UK PM proposes adoption reforms
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron [official profile; BBC profile] spoke on new plans to reform the nation's adoption process, basing it on speed rather than ethnicity. Currently, white children are three times more likely to be adopted tha (More) |
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Israel court rules lesbian couple can both be recognized as mothers
Israel's Ramat Gan Family Court ruled Sunday that a lesbian couple can both be recognized as mothers of a child they had together. The women received permission from the Health Ministry in 2006 to conceive the child by fertilizing one woman's egg w (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
