Montenegro makes history legalising same-sex partnerships.
A big leap for human rights in this small Balkan country.
With 42 votes in the 81-seat parliament of Montenegro, the law became effective as of yesterday, Wednesday 1st July 2020. Duško Marković, Montenegro’s prime minister, described the event as “a great step in the right direction for Montenegrin society, its democratic maturity, and integration processes”.
With him, also the President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, welcomed the new law with a post on twitter:
https://twitter.com/predsjednik_cg/status/1278362099341758470
The advocacy group LGBT Forum Progres, Montenegro’s first and oldest LGBT+ organisation, posted on twitter too to celebrate this new bill
https://twitter.com/LGBTFP/status/1278358175658455040
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