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| [[Civil unions in Colombia|Colombia]] (2007)
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| [[Civil unions in the Netherlands|Netherlands (nationwide)]] (1998)
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| [[Civil unions in Spain|Spain (12 of 17 communities)]] (1998)
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| [[Civil unions in South Africa|South Africa]]<sup>2</sup> (1999)
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| [[Civil unions in Belgium|Belgium (nationwide)]] (2000)
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| [[Same-sex marriage in Canada|Canada (QC, NS and MB)]]<sup>3</sup> (2001)
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| [[Civil unions in Mexico|Mexico (Mexico City and Coahuila)]] (2007)
| [[Civil unions in Mexico|Mexico (Mexico City and Coahuila)]] (2007)
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| style="background: #ccf;" | Was recognized before legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] in:
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| [[Civil unions in the Netherlands|Netherlands (nationwide)]] (1998)
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| [[Civil unions in Spain|Spain (12 of 17 communities)]] (1998)
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| [[Civil unions in South Africa|South Africa]]<sup>2</sup> (1999)
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| [[Civil unions in Belgium|Belgium (nationwide)]] (2000)
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| [[Same-sex marriage in Canada|Canada (QC, NS and MB)]]<sup>3</sup> (2001)
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| style="background: #ccf;" | Recognition debated in:
| style="background: #ccf;" | Recognition debated in:

Revision as of 06:31, 18 April 2007

Same-sex civil unions
Recognized nationwide in:
Denmark (1989) | Norway (1993)
Israel1 (1994) | Sweden (1995)
Greenland (1996) | Hungary1 (1996)
Iceland (1996) | France (1999)
Germany (2001) | Portugal (2001)
Finland (2002) | Croatia1 (2003)
Austria1 (2003) | Luxembourg (2004)
New Zealand (2005) | United Kingdom (2005)
Andorra (2005) | Czech Republic (2006)
Slovenia (2006) | Switzerland (2007)
Colombia (2007)
Recognized in some regions in:
United States (7 states+DC) (1997) :

CA, CT, HI, ME, NJ, VT, WA

Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003)
Australia (Tasmania) (2004)
Italy (Some municipallies) (2004)
Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) (2004)
Mexico (Mexico City and Coahuila) (2007)
Was recognized before legalization of same-sex marriage in:
Netherlands (nationwide) (1998)
Spain (12 of 17 communities) (1998)
South Africa2 (1999)
Belgium (nationwide) (2000)
Canada (QC, NS and MB)3 (2001)
Recognition debated in:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Mexico
Poland
Taiwan
United States
Uruguay
Notes:
1 - In form of unregistered cohabitation.
2 - Explicitly referred to as the "civil unions Act" in South Africa.
3 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in Quebec (2002), and called "domestic partnership" in Nova Scotia (2001). In Manitoba (2002) and marriage extended to same-sex partners nationwide (2005).
See also
Same-sex marriage
Registered partnership
Domestic partnership
Common-law marriage
Marriage, unions and partnerships by country
Homosexuality laws of the world