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Recognition of same-sex unions in Albania

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Same-sex marriage legal

Recognized

Same-sex marriage not legal, but civil unions or registered partnerships legal
Minimal recognition
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Notes
  1. KoN: Performed in the Netherlands proper (including the Caribbean Netherlands), as well as in Aruba and Curaçao. May be registered in 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.
  14. South Korea: Spousal health insurance benefits
* Not yet in effect
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Same-sex marriage or civil unions are not currently recognised in Albania. However, Albania's governing Democrats have proposed a law allowing same-sex civil marriages.[1] If passed, Albania will become the sixth European nation to legalise same-sex marriages, following in the footsteps of the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Sweden and Norway, and the first with a large Muslim comunity.

A 2007 poll, which consisted of mostly Albanian youths, found that 19% of those polled support same-sex marriage and only 7% supported adoption rights for same-sex couples.[citation needed]

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced in a cabinet meeting on 29 July 2009 that the government would push for a law that recognises marriages between partners of the same sex.[2]


References

  1. ^ Albania's government to legalise gay marriage
  2. ^ Albania To Legalize Gay Marriage


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