Peru-28th Session November 2017-Right to marry

Para 40) AI and JS18 reported that there was no legal recognition of same-sex marriage, or marriage equality, in Peru. DEMUS indicated that article 234 of the Civil Code defined marriage as being between a man and a woman only. MIP reported that Congress had refused to legislate on marriage equality and that the bills submitted had not moved forward. DEMUS, JS18 and JS19 stated that the Constitutional Court had refused to legally recognize same-sex marriage. DEMUS, MIP and JS18 indicated that the judicial branch had ordered that same-sex marriages performed abroad be registered, but that the National Registry Office had refused to do so.