Study On De Facto Couples By The Irish Human Rights Commission 2006
This study published by the Irish Human Rights Commission explored the legal situation in regards to what it called de facto couples i.e. same sex and opposite sex unmarried couples. It argued that there may be a legal obligation on the Irish government to introduce legal recognition of same sex couples under the Good Friday Agreement, which has constitutional force. The Good Friday Agreement includes the principal of equivalency of rights. In other words any rights that exist in Northern Ireland must also broadly exist in the Republic of Ireland and vice versa. The study argued that since the introduction of civil partnership for same-sex couples in Northern Ireland in 2005 a case could be made for an obligation on the Irish government to introduce the same rights into the Republic.
Read more about this topic: List Of Laws And Reports On LGBT Rights In Ireland
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