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Fiji does not recognise same-sex marriage, civil unions or any other form of recognition for same-sex couples. The Marriage Act defines marriage as "the voluntary union of one man to one woman", although the Constitution of Fiji guarantees equal protection before the law to all citizens regardless of sexual orientation.
Fiji is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Although there is no specific provision in the convention on violence against women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women stated in their General Recommendation No. 19 that Violence against Women is “a form of discrimination that seriously inhibits women’s ...
The primary law governing nationality requirements is the Citizenship of Fiji Act 2009, which came into force on 10 April 2009. Any person born in Fiji, other than those born between 1990 and 1997, automatically receives citizenship at birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents.
Fiji family laws do not provide legal recognition of same-sex marriage or civil unions. Since 2002, the law has expressly banned same-sex marriage. [14] [15] On 26 March 2013, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama expressed opposition to the idea of same-sex marriage. Answering a question raised by a caller on a radio talk-back programme, he stated ...
R. Partain, "Comparative Family Law, Korean Family Law, and the Missing Definitions of Family", (2012) HongIk University Journal of Law, Vol. 13, No. 2. "Hong Kong Family Court Tables" includes a summary of Hong Kong family law principles, a guide to the recent case law and relevant statutes, and a glossary of relevant terms related to the Hong ...
Fiji became a member of the United Nations on 13 October 1970. [2] Fiji has acceded to some, but not the majority, of the key human rights treaties. It is a party to the conventions against racism (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination) and discrimination against women (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), and on the rights ...
This implies the stand that Fiji will take on behalf of human rights in international forums such as the United Nations. Section 22 guarantees the most fundamental right of all — the right to life. Sections 23 to 29 set out people's basic judicial rights, and spell out the limitations on the powers of law enforcement authorities.
The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute [1] (PacLII) collects and publishes legal materials from 20 Pacific Islands Countries on its website www.paclii.org.These countries are American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu ...