Liputan6.com, Hong Kong – The Hong Kong government announced on Wednesday (2/7/2025) that his party would offer a new law in order to ensure limited legal recognition to the same -sex couples that were legally married abroad.
This proposal is a continuation of the decision of the high court in 2023, in which the government is ordered to make an “alternative structure” to recognize the rights of same -sex couples.
In published political documents, the government claims that the same sexual couples, whose marriages are legally recognized abroad, will be able to submit registration with the help of new mechanisms. Nevertheless, the volume of rights granted are limited by issues related to health and death services.
“The government recommends legislation, which allows the same sexual couples to register in the new registration mechanism so that their relationship can be recognized legally,” said the document, such as page quoting NDTVFriday (4/7).
Recognized rights include visits in the hospital, making medical decisions, access to medical information and donations of bodies, as well as the rights related to the death of a partner.
Although this is a step forward in the conservative legal system of Hong Kong, this recognition is considered limited. Rights regarding heritage, taxation and housing are not included in the proposal, despite the fact that they are the center in the previous legal struggle LGBTQ+ Community.
This political project will be discussed at a meeting of the Legislative Committee on Thursday. Nevertheless, the Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Medical China Eric Tsang did not give a certain schedule regarding when the draft of this law is adopted.
