Entry #43: Same-sex marriage in Lesotho

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RegionLesotho
IssueSame-sex marriage
StatusUnrecognized
Start Date(unknown)
End Date(none)
DescriptionThere is no legal recognition provided to same-sex couples in Lesotho. However, there is also no explicit ban on marriage.
Sourceshttps://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/marriage_act_1974_lesotho.pdf


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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.

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ValueBannedUnrecognized
Start DateOct 4, 1966(unknown)
DescriptionThe common law definition of marriage is “a union of one man with one woman, to the exclusion, while it lasts, of all others”There is no legal recognition provided to same-sex couples in Lesotho. However, there is also no explicit ban on marriage.
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The common law definition of marriage is “a union of one man with one woman, to the exclusion, while it lasts, of all others” There is no legal recognition provided to same-sex couples in Lesotho. However, there is also no explicit ban on marriage.
Sourceshttp://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session8/LS/MSG_UPR_LSO_S08_2010_MatrixSupportGroup.pdfhttps://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/marriage_act_1974_lesotho.pdf
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http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session8/LS/MSG_UPR_LSO_S08_2010_MatrixSupportGroup.pdf https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/marriage_act_1974_lesotho.pdf

edited by Nathan. status banned .

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ValueUnrecognizedBanned

edited by Pizzaslices412653. Same sex marriage it is not constitutionally banned

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created by brennen

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Original entry
StatusBanned
Start DateOct 4, 1966
End Date(none)
DescriptionThe common law definition of marriage is “a union of one man with one woman, to the exclusion, while it lasts, of all others”
Sourceshttp://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session8/LS/MSG_UPR_LSO_S08_2010_MatrixSupportGroup.pdf