Namibia: Supreme Court Gives Legal Status to Same-Sex Marriages

Same-sex marriages legally concluded outside Namibia must be recognised by the Namibian government, the Supreme Court has ruled in a historic judgement.

The home affairs ministry’s refusal to give official recognition to same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia infringes on the constitutional rights to equality and dignity, four judges of the court stated in a judgement delivered today.

The court ruled that the marriages of two same-sex couples who got married in South Africa and Germany,…