An incredible court ruling just ordered 16 countries to make same-sex marriage legal
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A landmark court ruling has ordered 16 new countries to make same-sex marriage legal.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights reached a decision today on a marriage equality petition submitted two years ago by Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo Solis.
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20 countries agreed to follow the court’s rulings when they signed the American Convention on Human Rights, including 16 which have not yet legalised same-sex marriage.
These countries are Barbados, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname.
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Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, who also follow the court’s decisions, have already legalised same-sex marriage.
More than 280 million people live in the other 16 countries, which the court has told to treat its same-sex partners the same as straight couples.
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