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Sophia Kuhnke is a law student at Università Bocconi School of Law and a JURIST correspondent covering recent developments in Italy.  On Tuesday, May 12, the Bari Court of Appeal (Corte di Appello di Bari) in southern Italy delivered a ruling legally recognizing three parents for a four-year-old.  This case, serving as a landmark decision [...]

The US-based Human Rights Research Center (HRRC) on Friday called on Hungarian authorities to permit this year’s annual Budapest Pride march to proceed without interference, urging respect for the fundamental right to peaceful assembly. The HRRC’s intervention comes as Budapest police recently denied permission for the upcoming June 28 Pride march, now celebrating its 30th [...]

Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that both members of a same-sex female couple can be recognized as legal parents of a child born in Italy through medically assisted reproduction conducted abroad. The court held in its Sentenza n. 68/2025 that Article 8 of Law No. 40/2004 is unconstitutional insofar as it does not allow [...]

Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content In this article for International Women’s Day,  Alexis Boddy – JURIST UK correspondent, reports on the Equality Now report which highlights the persistence of sexist laws worldwide, thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, with significant rollback of women’s [...]

The Polish government introduced a draft law aiming to allow civil unions under Polish law on Friday. The law would reverse Poland’s current ban on civil partnerships and failure to recognize civil partnerships from other nations. The bill would recognize the civil partnership between two unmarried adults upon registration. Along with the legal recognition, civil [...]

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday refused to sign a highly controversial “Family Values and the Protection of Minors” bill to significantly curtail the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals. The bill, which passed with overwhelming parliamentary support, seeks to ban same-sex marriage, prohibit adoption by same-sex couples, restrict gender-affirming care, and limit public expressions of LGBTQ+ [...]

The Thai Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday that Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed the Marriage Equality Bill, recognizing same-sex marriage. The bill revises several sections of the Civil and Commercial Code. Amendments to the law employ gender-neutral language and grant LGBTQ+ couples marriage, child adoption, inheritance and healthcare consent rights. The law will enter [...]

The Parliament of Georgia passed a set of laws that place restrictions targeted at minority sexual orientations and gender identities on Tuesday, infringing upon the international human, civil, and political rights of the LGBTQ+ community. The legislation, labelled “Laws on Family Values and Protection of Minors,” is broad and includes restrictions relating to “marriage, adoption, [...]

An anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed its first reading in Georgian parliament on Thursday despite “concerns across the international community.” While the bill aims to protect “family values and minors,” it has received criticism for its incompatibility with human rights and impact on LGBTQ+ citizens. Introduced earlier this year by the Georgian Dream party, the bill was [...]

Over 30,000 people marched in Budapest Pride on Saturday and protested Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, according to local media. Ambassadors from various countries attended the event, including US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman. Pressman emphasized the United States’ support for the march, stating that the US “will always march alongside those standing up for human dignity, [...]