* 2005 – The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.

Fine Gael supported civil unions for same-sex couples from 2003, voting for the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2010, and the party approved a motion at its 2012 Ard Fheis to prioritise the consideration of same-sex marriage in the upcoming constitutional convention.

* " Fanon's Warning: A Civil Society Reader on the New Partnership for Africa's Development ", edited by Patrick Bond, Africa World Press, 2002

Many countries with civil unions recognize foreign unions if those are essentially equivalent to their own ; for example, the United Kingdom lists equivalent unions in Civil Partnership Act Schedule 20.

In April 2011, the same month in which the first Irish civil partnerships took place under the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, Irish state broadcaster RTE broadcast a 45-minute radio documentary about the lives of Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby entitled " An Extraordinary Affair ".

Ahern is responsible for the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 published on 26 June 2009.

He declared the legislation ( Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ), which passed into law in July 2010 as " one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation to be enacted since independence.

Leigh himself was an opponent of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and voted against it in Parliament at its Second Reading.

He added that he had twice voted voluntarily in favour of the Civil Partnership Bill in 2004.

* Civil Partnership Bill

* introduce the Civil Partnership Act 2004 giving gay and lesbian couples a legal framework equivalent to civil marriage,

Mr Wilshire voted against homosexual couples being allowed to adopt children in 2002, against the Civil Partnership Bill of 2004, which granted a legal relationship for same-sex couples and against Equality Act ( Sexual Orientation ) in 2007, which outlawed discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities, services, education and public functions on the grounds of sexual orientation.

Although the Civil Partnership Act 2004 allows the creation of civil partnerships between same sex couples, a married couple that includes a transgendered partner cannot simply re-register their new status.

From a legal perspective this may be true as most of the benefits of marriage are available to the couple under a Civil Partnership.

In 2009, he spearheaded an effort to repeal clauses in the Civil Partnership Act 2004 which prohibited religious institutions from conducting the ceremonies on their premises.

* 24 – the United Kingdom government suffers a defeat in the House of Lords as they approve a wrecking amendment to the Civil Partnership Bill

* 18 – In the United Kingdom, the Civil Partnership Act receives royal assent.

The Civil Partnership Act 2004 ( c 33 ) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Once this process is complete, the couple will enjoy all legal rights and responsibilities handed to them by the Civil Partnership Act 2004

* Civil Partnership Bill official text from 26 October 2004

* Civil Partnership Bill official text from 5 July 2004

* Civil Partnership Bill official text from 30 March 2004

Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, give same-sex couples rights and responsibilities identical to civil marriage.

This included the complete loss of his library containing books, documents and letters which documented his role in the Mormon War, Indian affairs, pro-slavery activities, Civil War activities and other legslation covering his career as a lawyer, senator and soldier.

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

* " Evolution of the Colombian Civil War " – by Paul Wolf ( collection of declassified U. S. government documents online )

* October 13 – The United States Commission on Civil Rights releases the report, Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States: An Uncertain Future, that documents that Puerto Ricans in the United States have a poverty rate of 33 percent in 1974 ( up from 29 percent in 1970 ), the highest of all major racial-ethnic groups in the country ( not including Puerto Rico, a U. S. territory ).

Civil Rights movements began as early as 1848 in the USA with such documents as the Declaration of Sentiment.

A recent survey conducted by the Foreign Policy Research Institute ’ s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program underscores the significance of this effort and documents the fact that most of the think tanks in these regions have been established in the last 10 years.

Many official documents previously handled by the Israeli Civil Administration were now handled by the Palestinian Authority but still required Israeli approval.

" A devastating fire on April 9, 1889 ( the 24th anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox ) destroyed his house and many of his personal possessions, including his personal Civil War documents and memorabilia.

* Clayborne Carson et al., editors, Eyes on The Prize Civil Rights Reader: documents, speeches, and first hand accounts from the black freedom struggle ( New York: Penguin Books, 1991 ).

Category: American Civil War documents

As an example, the right is recognized in key international human rights documents such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The design of today's FDR is governed by the internationally recognized standards and recommended practices relating to flight recorders which are contained in ICAO Annex 6 which makes reference to industry crashworthiness and fire protection specifications such as those to be found in the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment documents EUROCAE ED55, ED56 fiken A and ED112 ( Minimum Operational Performance Specification for Crash Protected Airborne Recorder Systems ).

Exhaustive investigation into the pistol's background turned up documents from the time of the trial: " A Civil War veteran that visited the crime scene stated that Shannon Bell had been shot twice and the other victims were killed with a hatchet.

*" Trabajadores: The Spanish Civil War through the eyes of organised labour ", a digitised collection of more than 13, 000 pages of documents from the archives of the TUC held in the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

* Documents on Nin from " Trabajadores: The Spanish Civil War through the eyes of organised labour ", a digitised collection of more than 13, 000 pages of documents from the archives of the British Trades Union Congress held in the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

William K. Oldham's younger brother Kie Oldham ( 1869-1916 ) served as James Eagle's private secretary while he was governor, gathered an important collection of documents about Arkansas ' Civil War history, and was a prominent lawyer, working primarily as an advocate for Indian tribes.

The term aerodrome is used in International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) documents, for example in the Annex to the ICAO Convention about aerodromes, their physical characteristics and their operation.

However, this name is mentioned in documents pre-dating the Civil War.

In 1805, for the first time, specific functions were assigned to each of the ' Naval ' Lords, who were described as ' Professional ' Lords, leaving to the ' Civil ' Lords the routine business of signing documents.

In 1805, for the first time, specific functions were assigned to each of the ' Naval ' Lords, who were described as ' Professional ' Lords, leaving to the ' Civil ' Lords the routine business of signing documents.

In 1805, for the first time, specific functions were assigned to each of the ' Naval ' Lords, who were described as ' Professional ' Lords, leaving to the ' Civil ' Lords the routine business of signing documents.

However, an extensive refurbishment of the East Block took place during 1994-95 which provided 14 extra courts for the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal and 2 extra large courts which are unassigned and will be used for cases where there are several parties involved or there are an unusually large number of documents and books.

The Tragic Conflict: The Civil War and Reconstruction ( 1962 ), primary documents

* Causes of the Civil War Collection of primary documents

Based on newly obtained documents mainly from the Czech Civil Aviation Authority, they concluded that it was extremely likely that the plane had been mistakenly shot down only a few hundred meters above the ground by a MiG fighter of the Czechoslovak Air Force, having been mistaken for an enemy aircraft while attempting a forced landing.