Poland Must Legally Recognize Same-Sex Couples, European Human Rights Court Rules

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Poland is violating the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to offer legal recognition.

“The Court considered that the Polish State had failed to comply with its duty to ensure that the applicants had a specific legal framework providing for the recognition and protection of their same-sex unions,” the court said in a statement Tuesday. “That failure had resulted in the applicants’ inability to regulate fundamental aspects of their lives and amounted to a breach of their right to respect for their private and family life.”

The case was originally brought to the court by ten LGBTQ+ Polish citizens under…

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