The ban was "inadmissible discrimination against same-sex couples," the Court ruled.Ĭalled upon to rule on two cases involving same-sex couples, the judges in Ljubljana, with a six to three vote, gave the Slovenian Parliament six months to comply with their decision. Slovenia once again shows rare progressiveness among the "former Eastern European countries." Following a historic decision made on Friday, July 8, by the Constitutional Court of this Balkan country of just over 2 million inhabitants, Slovenian homosexuals are now the first of all post-communist Europe to have the right to marry and adopt children. Subscribers only At the Gay Pride parade in Ljubljana on June 17, 2017. The country, which was a part of former Yugoslavia until 1991, is the first in the Eastern Bloc to give these rights to same-sex couples.īy Jean-Baptiste Chastand (Vienna (Austria) correspondent) Published on Jat 11h41, updated at 11h42 on July 12, 2022 Slovenia paves the way for same-sex marriage and adoption
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