Template:Civil union
Revision as of 20:28, 10 December 2005 by 88.111.157.62 (talk)
| Civil union | |
| Recognised nationwide in: | |
| Denmark (1989) | |
| Norway (1993) | |
| Israel3 (1994) | |
| Sweden (1995) | |
| Greenland (1996) | |
| Hungary (1996) | |
| Iceland (1996) | |
| Netherlands1 (1998) | |
| France (1999) | |
| South Africa (1999) | |
| Belgium1 (2000) | |
| Canada1 (QC and NS)2 (2000) | |
| Germany (2001) | |
| Portugal (2001) | |
| Finland (2002) | |
| Croatia (2003) | |
| Luxembourg (2004) | |
| New Zealand (2005) | |
| United Kingdom (2005) | |
| Andorra (2005) | |
| Slovenia (2006) | |
| Switzerland (Approved 2005; Expected implemented 2007) | |
| Recognised in some regions in: | |
| Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003) | |
| Australia (Tasmania) (2004) | |
| Spain (11 autonomous communities)1 (1998) | |
| Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna) (2004) | |
| Brazil (Rio Grande de Sul) (2004) | |
| United States: CU: VT (2000) , CT (2005), OR (2005); DP: HI (1997), CA (1999), DC (2002), ME (2004), NJ (2004) | |
| Other countries: | |
| Liechtenstein | |
| Austria | |
| Czech Republic | |
| Greece | |
| Ireland | |
| Poland | |
| Notes: | |
| 1 - Country subsequently legalized same-sex marriage. | |
| 2 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in Quebec (2002), Nova Scotia (2001), and Manitoba (2002), common-law marriage extended to same-sex partners nationwide (2000). | |
| 3 - In form of common-law marriage. | See also |
| same-sex marriage | |
| registered partnership | |
| domestic partnership | |
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