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| [[Civil unions in United States|United States (7 states+DC)]] (1997) :
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[[Domestic partnership in California|CA]], [[Civil unions in Connecticut|CT]], [[Domestic partnership in Hawaii|HI]], [[Domestic partnership in Maine|ME]], NH, [[Civil unions in New Jersey|NJ]], [[Civil unions in Vermont|VT]], [[Domestic partnership in Washington|WA]] + [[Domestic partnership in District of Columbia|DC]]
[[Domestic partnership in California|CA]], [[Civil unions in Connecticut|CT]], [[Domestic partnership in Hawaii|HI]], [[Domestic partnership in Maine|ME]],[[Civil_unions_in_United_States#New_Hampshire|NH]], [[Civil unions in New Jersey|NJ]], [[Civil unions in Vermont|VT]], [[Domestic partnership in Washington|WA]] + [[Domestic partnership in District of Columbia|DC]]
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| [[Civil unions in Argentina|Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro)]] (2003)
| [[Civil unions in Argentina|Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro)]] (2003)

Revision as of 19:41, 26 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 (8 states+DC) (1997) :

CA, CT, HI, ME,NH, NJ, VT, WA + DC

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 Africa (nationwide)2 (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
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) and Manitoba in (2002). Marriage was extended to same-sex couples nationwide in (2005).
See also
Same-sex marriage
Registered partnership
Domestic partnership
Common-law marriage
Marriage, unions and partnerships by country
Homosexuality laws of the world