Current diplomatic practice on partners of homosexual members of diplomatic missions and wives of polygamous members of diplomatic missions

Rosputinský, Peter, 1978-

Current diplomatic practice on partners of homosexual members of diplomatic missions and wives of polygamous members of diplomatic missions = Súčasná diplomatická prax vo vzťahu k partnerom homosexuálnych členov diplomatických misií a manželkám polygamných členov diplomatických misií / Peter Rosputinský. -- Although there is no rule defining the term family member of a member of a diplomatic mission in general international law, it is an established consensus between States of different cultures, political systems and legal orders that at least a husband or a wife and their joint minor children are family members. However, the status of same-sex partners of diplomats as well as the second and other wives of the polygamous diplomat is unclear. Since the data about practice of States regarding same-sex partners on one hand, and wives with children of polygamous diplomats on the other hand, is fragmentary and hardly accessible, we decided to conduct a research, objective of which was to identify the current diplomatic practice on the issues concerned as well as its consequences with respect to the definition of a family member of a member of a diplomatic mission. The main research was undertaken by the means of written requests sent to Ministries of Foreign Affairs and by subsequent processi

In Politické vedy : časopis pre politológiu, najnovšie dejiny, medzinárodné vzťahy, bezpečnostné štúdiá : journal for political science, modern history, international relations, security studies. -- Banská Bystrica : Vydavateľstvo Univerzity Mateja Bela - Belianum, 2019. -- ISSN 1335-2741. -- ISSN 1338-5623. -- Roč. 22, č. 4 (2019), s. 172-220