Recognition of same-sex parent families, registration of birth and adoption certificates issued abroad, and rectification of Civil Registry records for those who have undergone a gender affirmation process. These are the themes at the heart of three Arengo petitions (Istanze d’Arengo) that will be brought before the next session of the Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale), and for which RETE has announced its support.
“With the next session of the Grand and General Council, three Arengo petitions will come before the Chamber, raising a key question: are our laws keeping pace with the times, and are they able to recognise all the people and families that exist in the country?” reads the statement released by the movement.
The three proposals, put forward by the Associazione 121, address distinct areas. “The first petition concerns the registration in San Marino of birth and adoption certificates issued abroad for same-sex parent families. The second calls for both parents in same-sex families to be recognised in the Civil Registry and to be able to fully assume their parental responsibilities.”
The third petition, meanwhile, concerns the recognition of gender identity on official documents. The proposal, RETE explains, aims to “clearly regulate the ability of those who have undergone a gender affirmation process to have this reflected in Civil Registry records and documents.”
Although they address different issues, the movement believes the three proposals share a common thread. “These are different issues, but linked by a common thread: when the law fails to recognise a reality that already exists, it is the people living that reality who are left without full protection,” the statement continues.
Hence RETE’s decision to support the three Arengo petitions as they move through the Council. “RETE always stands on the side of rights, and in this case too it will firmly support the three petitions put forward by Associazione 121. We will continue working to ensure that San Marino excludes no one, leaving them without protection before the Institutions,” the movement concludes.
