28/06/2013 | Writer: Nevin Öztop
Montenegro was among the countries whose nationals cannot conclude same- sex marriage with the French citizens if not concluded an agreement.
Montenegro was among the countries whose nationals cannot conclude same- sex marriage with the French citizens if not concluded an agreement.
LGBT Forum Progress, an LGBT organization in Montenegro, has asked of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Igor Luksic to initiate on the appropriate level the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with France, so the citizens of France would be allowed to have same-sex marriages with citizens of Montenegro.
Montenegro, according to the regulations of the French Ministry of Justice, was among the countries whose nationals cannot conclude same- sex marriage with the French citizens if not concluded an agreement.
Strategy for Improvement the quality of life of LGBT persons, adopted by the Government of Montenegro on the 9th of May this year, specifies that Montenegro, through its foreign policy, will continue to provide internationally the contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, retaining special sensitivity to activities aimed at improving the situation of LGBT people. The absence of such an agreement between France and Montenegro severely limited the promoted principle of "marriage for all" which led the French administration and the nation during the adoption of the law that allowed same-sex marriages. Addressing the issue of same-sex partnerships on the Montenegrin political, legislative and legal scene is present for almost three years and it coincides with the establishment of "LGBT Forum Progress."
The proceedings to review the constitutionality of the Family Code before the Constitutional Court of Montenegro has been previously started in order to enable all rights to the same-sex consensual unions, the same ones that the heterosexual couples have. The Constitutional Court, among other things, concluded that the provisions of the Family Code are not a hindrance to same-sex unions, and they can be regulate through specific provisions.
The government’s expert working group for the preparation of the analysis of legal regulations in terms of LGBT rights has proposed the adoption of the Law on the Rights of partners in same-sex relationships.
On theproposal of the NGO "LGBT Forum Progress" Institution of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro, on the March 2012, has presented an initiative to the Parliament of Montenegro for adoption of the Law on the same sex unions. Finally, the Government, through its recent adoption of the LGBT Strategy, has pledged to make and establish a bill on registered partnership, which will recognize same-sex unions rights in accordance with recognized international treaties and generally accepted rules of international law.
The government has pledged to work to create a positive environment for social acceptance of LGBT persons and their (same-sex) unions. It is extremely important to ensure the high-quality access to knowledge, to the learning about the standards in this area and support heterosexual public and important political actors. Montenegrin LGBT strategy offered a discussion of three different models, but the LGBT Forum Progress, in its vision, is committed to finding the model and the solution of registered partnership, which will be open to all couples, same-sex and heterosexual, which will solve the systemic concept of registered partnership which is not the marriage.
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