Group under minorities minister proposes allowing same-sex couples to adopt children

An expert group on sexual minorities working under the minister for human rights and minorities, Džamila Stehlíková, has proposed a number of changes to Czech law, including a provision to allow same-sex couples to adopt children, Lidové noviny reported. The expert group’s proposals, which have been posted on the internet, also include widow’s and widower’s pensions for the surviving partner in registered homosexual couples. Same-sex registered partnerships were introduced in the Czech Republic in July 2006.

Author: Ian Willoughby