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Revision as of 02:19, 8 May 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 + DC

Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003)
Australia Tasmania (2004), Victoria (2007)
Italy (Some municipalities) (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:
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
Same-sex unions by country
Homosexuality laws of the world