Brazil's National Council of Justice Orders Same-Sex Marriage
Brazil's National Council of Justice issued a resolution requiring all civil registry offices nationwide to perform same-sex marriages, effectively legalising marriage equality across the country. This followed a 2011 Supreme Court ruling recognising same-sex unions and years of patchwork legalisation across individual states. Brazil became the third country in Latin America and the largest in the world at that time to achieve nationwide marriage equality.
Impact & Significance
As the world's fifth most populous country, Brazil's legalisation of same-sex marriage significantly expanded the global population living under marriage equality.
Reference Record
- Date
- 14 May 2013
- Era
- 2010-2019
- Sources
- 2
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