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The Osaka High Court held that Japan’s lack of recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional on Tuesday. The Osaka High Court is the fifth court to rule that the ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional after similar rulings in the high courts of Sapporo, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Nagoya. While Presiding Judge Kumiko Honda upheld the [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content In this article for International Women’s Day,  Alexis Boddy – JURIST UK correspondent, reports on the Equality Now report which highlights the persistence of sexist laws worldwide, thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, with significant rollback of women’s [...]

Women’s rights NGO Equality Now reported on Friday that despite some progress towards legal equality, there has been an “alarming rollback” of fundamental human rights relating to “women’s rights, LGBTQ+ protections, and democratic freedoms” 30 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted. According to Equality Now, important protections for democratic freedoms, [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content In this article the author, Mykyta Vorobiov, a Senior Editor for Long Form Content and student at Bard College in Berlin, explores the significant changes made to Russia’s Constitution following the controversial 2020 referendum that allowed President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule. The amendments [...]

The Polish government introduced a draft law aiming to allow civil unions under Polish law on Friday. The law would reverse Poland’s current ban on civil partnerships and failure to recognize civil partnerships from other nations. The bill would recognize the civil partnership between two unmarried adults upon registration. Along with the legal recognition, civil [...]

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday refused to sign a highly controversial “Family Values and the Protection of Minors” bill to significantly curtail the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals. The bill, which passed with overwhelming parliamentary support, seeks to ban same-sex marriage, prohibit adoption by same-sex couples, restrict gender-affirming care, and limit public expressions of LGBTQ+ [...]

The Thai Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday that Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed the Marriage Equality Bill, recognizing same-sex marriage. The bill revises several sections of the Civil and Commercial Code. Amendments to the law employ gender-neutral language and grant LGBTQ+ couples marriage, child adoption, inheritance and healthcare consent rights. The law will enter [...]

The Parliament of Georgia passed a set of laws that place restrictions targeted at minority sexual orientations and gender identities on Tuesday, infringing upon the international human, civil, and political rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The legislation, labelled “Laws on Family Values and Protection of Minors,” is broad and includes restrictions relating to “marriage, adoption, [...]

Bulgaria published a law which aims to ban “propaganda” about LGBTQ+ people in schools on Friday. The controversial law was passed by Parliament on August 8, and it was subsequently accepted by President Rumen Radev in Bulgaria’s State Gazette. The law amends Bulgaria’s Preschool and School Education Act, the policy governing the country’s schools, to include [...]

An anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed its first reading in Georgian parliament on Thursday despite “concerns across the international community.” While the bill aims to protect “family values and minors,” it has received criticism for its incompatibility with human rights and impact on LGBTQ+ citizens. Introduced earlier this year by the Georgian Dream party, the bill was [...]