Recognition of same-sex unions in Armenia

Armenia does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions. The legal status of foreign same-sex marriages is unclear. On 3 July 2017, the Ministry of Justice reportedly stated that all marriages performed abroad are valid in Armenia, including marriages between people of the same sex. Article 143 of the Armenian Family Code states that Armenia recognizes foreign marriages as long as they conform with the legality of the territory where they were performed and contains no explicit prohibition of same-sex marriages. On the other hand, article 152 restricts the application of foreign law incompatible with the domestic public order. As of 2023, no instances of foreign same-sex marriage registrations are known. In 2019, Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan said that the government does not recognize same-sex marriages.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Following a 2015 referendum, the Constitution of Armenia has generally been believed to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples, although the Constitutional Court has never confirmed or rejected this interpretation.^[5]^[6]

^ "Глава Минюста Армении исключил, что государство признает однополые браки после ратификации Стамбульской конвенции". panorama (in Russian). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ ԸՆՏԱՆԵԿԱՆ ՕՐԵՆՍԳԻՐՔ (Հոդված 143. Հայաստանի Հանրապետության տարածքից դուրս կնքված ամուսնությունների ճանաչումը) (in Armenian). 2005.
^ Cite error: The named reference panarmenian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Father Vazken Movsesian Joins Equality Armenia Board". Asbarez. November 28, 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference constitution was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Human Rights Situation in Armenia 2015 was a regressive year for LGBT people's rights in Armenia, since the newly accepted Constitution restricted marriage as a union only between a man and a woman

[1] "Глава Минюста Армении исключил, что государство признает однополые браки после ратификации Стамбульской конвенции". panorama (in Russian). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

[2] ԸՆՏԱՆԵԿԱՆ ՕՐԵՆՍԳԻՐՔ (Հոդված 143. Հայաստանի Հանրապետության տարածքից դուրս կնքված ամուսնությունների ճանաչումը) (in Armenian). 2005.

[panarmenian-3] Cite error: The named reference panarmenian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[asbarez-4] "Father Vazken Movsesian Joins Equality Armenia Board". Asbarez. November 28, 2017.

[constitution-5] Cite error: The named reference constitution was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[constitution1-6] Human Rights Situation in Armenia 2015 was a regressive year for LGBT people's rights in Armenia, since the newly accepted Constitution restricted marriage as a union only between a man and a woman

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