Amicus Briefs

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  • In courts across Latin America, a diverse array of voices has spoken out in support of civil marriage for same-sex couples. Through amicus (“friend-of-the-court”) briefs, organizations and other institutions that want same-sex couples to be able to marry have filed legal documents expressing their views. Read some of them here:


    Amicus Curiae Brief to the Panama Supreme Court from Colombia Diversa y Heartland Alliance

    In this brief the advocacy organizations Colombia Diversa and Heartland Alliance – Global Initiatives for Human Rights (GIHR) explain to the Panama Supreme Court that Panama has the obligation to guarantee protections for a diverse array of family structures.

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    Amicus Curiae Brief to the Panama Supreme Court from Igualitos

    In this brief the advocacy organization Igualitos explains to the Panama Supreme Court that the international system of human rights protects the rights of people who are in the LGBT community. 

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    Amicus Curiae Brief to the Panama Supreme Court from Fundación CEJIL Mesoamérica

    In this brief the advocacy organization Fundación CEJIL Mesoamérica explains to the Panama Supreme Court why same-sex couples should be able to marry. 

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    Amicus Curiae Brief to the Panama Supreme Court from Fundación Iguales

    In this brief the advocacy organization Fundación Iguales explains to the Panama Supreme Court that denying same-sex couples civil marriage is a violation of basic and fundamental human rights. 

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    Amicus Curiae Brief to the Panama Supreme Court from Freedom to Marry

    In this brief the advocacy organization Freedom to Marry explains to the Panama Supreme Court why same-sex couples should be able to access civil marriage just as all other couples are. 

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    Amicus Curiae Brief in Peru about the Marriage Between Oscar Ugarteche Galarza and Fidel Aroche Reyes

    Amicus Curiae Brief in Peru

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    Amicus Curiae Brief of the American Sociological Association

    In this brief the American Sociological Association addresses arguments that are frequently asserted by opponents of marriage rights for same-sex couples related to the wellbeing of children.

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    The Williams Institute Amicus Brief to the Constitutional Court of Colombia

    The Williams Institute submitted a brief to the Constitutional Court of Colombia explaining how parenting by lesbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women (LGB) has grown more visible internationally over the past few decades.

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