date, only two countries, Spain and Portugal, have signed onto the Convention on the Recognition of Registered Partnerships, a draft multilateral agreement on the status of civil, unmarried partnerships. The document is inclusive of rights for both same and opposite sex partnerships. See also Civil marriage Cohabitation agreement Common-law marriage Convention on the recognition of registered partnerships Domestic partnership Free union LGBT rights Marriage privatization Nyumba ntobhu References External links The European Laboratory on Marriage and Registered Partnership The Vermont Guide to Civil Unions, Vermont Secretary of State Civil Union Fact Sheet, Australian Capital Territory web site Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships topic page from The New York Times Kinship and descent Philosophy of love Social institutions State recognition of same-sex relationships