Die Ehe für alle als Ausfluss der Menschenwürde. Anmerkungen zum Urteil des Verfassungsgerichtshofs von Kolumbien

Christoph Tometten

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2017-1-75

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Die Ehe für alle als Ausfluss der Menschenwürde. Anmerkungen zum Urteil des Verfassungsgerichtshofs von Kolumbien

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Christoph Tometten

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2017-1-75
- ISSN print: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Zusammenfassung

On April 28th, 2016, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. This decision draws on the jurisprudence of courts in other countries which have decided, since 2002, that excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage cannot be reconciled with the right to equality and other fundamental rights guaranteed in their national constitutions. Following recent court decisions in the United States of America, Mexico and Brazil, the Colombian decision is another milestone in the struggle of gays and lesbians for human rights and equal treatment. As such, it is of great interest for the debate on marriage equality in Germany and other liberal democracies where legal provisions still exclude same-sex couples from marriage. Since 2001, same-sex couples in Germany may form a civil union in terms of the Civil Union Act, the constitutionality of which was confirmed in a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of July 17th, 2002. Since then, the Court has developed a comprehensive jurisprudence on equal treatment of marriage and civil union. In six decisions as of now, the Court decided that there is no objective reason to treat marriage and civil unions differently, for instance in fiscal matters. The Constitutional Court of Colombia has taken the same approach in a number of cases and has now extended this reasoning to the right to marry as such.

Abstract

On April 28th, 2016, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. This decision draws on the jurisprudence of courts in other countries which have decided, since 2002, that excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage cannot be reconciled with the right to equality and other fundamental rights guaranteed in their national constitutions. Following recent court decisions in the United States of America, Mexico and Brazil, the Colombian decision is another milestone in the struggle of gays and lesbians for human rights and equal treatment. As such, it is of great interest for the debate on marriage equality in Germany and other liberal democracies where legal provisions still exclude same-sex couples from marriage. Since 2001, same-sex couples in Germany may form a civil union in terms of the Civil Union Act, the constitutionality of which was confirmed in a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of July 17th, 2002. Since then, the Court has developed a comprehensive jurisprudence on equal treatment of marriage and civil union. In six decisions as of now, the Court decided that there is no objective reason to treat marriage and civil unions differently, for instance in fiscal matters. The Constitutional Court of Colombia has taken the same approach in a number of cases and has now extended this reasoning to the right to marry as such.
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