Social Welfare Center in Zagreb, Croatia has rejected a foster care application submitted by a gay couple, who are life partners in Croatia, although this is in contradiction with the Croatian Administrative Court’s binding ruling of 19 December 2019

On 28 January, the Social Welfare Center in Zagreb, Croatia has rejected a foster care application submitted by a gay couple, who are life partners in Croatia, although this is in contradiction with the Croatian Administrative Court’s binding ruling of 19 December 2019. The December judgment, the result of a two-year court proceeding, states that life partners should be considered on equal footing as other types of families. Not only this is a clear case of discrimination based on sexual orientation in violation of the European Convention of Human Rights, but a blatant disregard of the rule of law, which is one of the priorities of Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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