Court's Retrograde Equal Marriage Ruling
(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) The recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice on equal marriage in Panama deliberately ignores pronouncements issued by international human rights organizations of which Panama is a part and that see in civil unions of same-sex couples the recognition of a human right. But what is serious is that the Court, with its decision, puts us on the list of countries with retrograde legislation compared to the avant-garde of many others, who have already recognized that homosexual couples have the same rights as heterosexual ones. Surely this case will escalate to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which already ruled on this issue in 2017, suggesting what its decision will be in the event that a member country is sued for not recognizing the rights of same-sex couples. What the Court has done is delay the decision to repeal the laws that prevent the recognition of these rights, since, as has been said, there is already a regional ruling that should be binding on Panama, whether it wants it or not. Our Court is supposed to have among its member's progressive individuals and professionals. Well no, and it has been a great disappointment - LA PRENSA, Mar. 3.
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