Recognition of same-sex unions in Belarus

[3] Belarus is not a member state of the Council of Europe and thus is not obliged under the European Court of Human Rights' ruling in Fedotova and Others v. Russia to provide legal recognition to same-sex unions.

[4] The court later issued similar rulings with respect to Poland in Przybyszewska and Others, Romania in Buhuceanu and Others, Bulgaria in Koilova and Babulkova, and Ukraine in Maymulakhin and Markiv.

[8] In April 2013, President Alexander Lukashenko said in his state-of-the-nation address that "we should not be forced to introduce same-sex marriages.

"[9] In 2023, the National Assembly passed a motion "emphasising the protection and promotion of the traditional family, defined strictly as a union between a woman and a man by birth".

[10] A Pew Research Center poll published in May 2017 showed that 16% of Belarusians were in favor of same-sex marriage, while 81% were opposed and 3% were undecided or had refused to answer.