Instytucjonalizacja związków partnerskich w świetle art. 18 i 32 Konstytucji RP

Statutory institutionalization of civil partnerships stirs up large controversies and considerable disputes in the public debate. Legal arguments appearing in the discussion regard Article 18 and Article 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. The author expressed a negative position concerning the possibility to institutionalize civil partnerships in compliance with the Constitution. In his opinion an appropriate and consistent with the Constitution legal solution is to strengthen or to extend the scope of rights of persons remaining in such partnerships (hetero-or homosexual ones) ensured by various legal acts, without statutory institutionalization of these partnerships.