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B 518/11, Constitutional Court of Austria (22 September 2011)

Sep 22, 2011

Same-sex couples who are registered partners and married opposite-sex couples should have the same treatment with regards to hyphenation of their family names. Same-sex couples should equally profit from constitutional protection of the family. B 518/11,...

ADI (Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade) 4277 and ADPF (Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental) 132, Supreme Tribunal Federal of Brazil (5 May 2011)

May 5, 2011

Procedural Posture The Supreme Tribunal Federal heard two cases simultaneously: Direction Action (ADI) 4277, filed by the Federal Prosecutor (Ministério Público); and Action for Breach of Fundamental Rights (ADPF) 132, filed by the Governor of Rio de Janeiro. The...

SGB v. PREVI, Superior Tribunal of Justice of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (4 August 2010)

Aug 4, 2010

Procedural Posture Following the death of his partner, SGB filed suit against the decision of the pension fund of the State-owned Bank of Brazil (“PREVI”) to deny him survivor benefits. A first instance court granted SGB’s request for benefits, but PREVI appealed and...

Blažič and Kern v. Slovenia, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia (2 July 2009)

Jul 2, 2009

Procedural Posture A same-sex couple, who had registered their civil partnership under the Registration of Same-Sex Civil Partnership Act (RSSCPA), filed a petition for review, alleging that the inheritance provisions of the law were unconstitutional. The National...

Sentencia C-029/09, Constitutional Court of Colombia (28 January 2009)

Jan 28, 2009

Procedural Posture Colombia Diversa, Dejusticia, and the Group for Public Interest Rights from the University of the Andes filed a public action challenging the constitutionality of various laws concerning partnership and marriage benefits. The Constitutional Court...