ECHR: Romania must Legalize Same-Sex Marriages

Romania must legalize same-sex civil unions, Europe's highest human rights court ruled on Tuesday, a victory for LGBTQ+ activists in the conservative-leaning country, Reuters reported.

Twenty-one same-sex couples have brought a case against Romania to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), arguing that the lack of legal recognition of their relationships "deprives them of their dignity as spouses".

In a ruling on Tuesday, the ECHR found that the country violated Article 8 of the European Convention, which protects the right to respect for family life, by not providing LGBTQ+ couples with any means of legal protection for their relationships.

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