Hong Kong law proposes recognition for same-sex couples who wed abroad

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The Hong Kong government announced on Wednesday (2 July) it will propose legislation recognising limited rights for same-sex couples married abroad.

This comes after Hong Kong’s top court upheld that marriage is limited to opposite-sex couples in 2022, but ordered the government to create an “alternative framework” recognising some legal rights for same-sex couples within two years.

Now time has passed, in a policy paper published on Wednesday, the Hong Kong government wrote it “recommends legislation to allow same-sex couples to apply for registration under a newly established registration mechanism”.

Hong Kong proposes that at least one partner from a same-sex couple must be a Hong Kong resident, and the couple must be lawfully married overseas.

However, rights would be limited to healthcare-related decisions, such as hospital visits, medical decisions, sharing information, organ donation and rights

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