LATIN AMERICA
The Marrying Kind
A human rights court established by the Organization of American States (OAS) has ruled that Latin American and Caribbean signatories to its convention on human rights must legalize same-sex marriage.
The rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights apply to countries that have signed the American Convention on Human Rights, such as Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru – which at present do not recognize either same-sex marriage or same-sex civil unions, the BBC reported. A response to a case brought by Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis two years ago, the decision applies to 20 countries in all, notedthe Advocate.
The ruling comes as various countries across the strongly Catholic region, such as Chile and Ecuador, have changed or are debating changing laws governing same-sex unions. The court recommended that nations that do not yet have marriage equality enact it by decree while working out legislative changes, the Advocate said.
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