Last year the Lithuanian Constitutional Court legalized same-sex partnership.

Omissions

• The specific date of the ruling was April 17, 2025, not just 'last year' in general. The case reference is KT21-N5/2025. The ruling declared the existing exclusion unconstitutional rather than creating a new partnership law directly, meaning the Seimas (parliament) still needs to pass implementing legislation.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)The Lithuanian Constitutional Court ruled in case KT21-N5/2025 that restricting partnership only to different-sex couples violated the principles of equality and human dignity under the Constitution.
• SecondaryInternational Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)On 17 April, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Civil Code's Article 3.229, which restricted partnership to different-sex couples, was unconstitutional.
• SecondaryLGL - Lithuanian Gay LeagueKT21-N5/2025 found that Article 3.229 of the Civil Code restricting partnership to different-sex couples was unconstitutional.