Swiss Review / February 2022 / No.1 29 Federal votes The Federal Council determines voting proposals at least four months before the voting date. Everything you need to know about voting proposals (voting pamphlets, committees, recommendations by Parliament and the Federal Council etc.) is available at www.admin.ch/votes or via the Federal Chancellery’s VoteInfo app. Popular initiatives At the time of going to press no new popular initiatives have been launched. The list of pending popular initiatives is available in German, French and Italian at www.bk.admin.ch > Politische Rechte > Volksinitiativen > Hängige Volksinitiativen Information Notify your local Swiss representation of your email address and mobile phone number, or of changes to these. Register at the online desk of the FDFA via www.swissabroad.ch to select your preferred format for receiving “Swiss Review” and other publications. Both the latest and previous issues of “Swiss Review” are available to read and/or print out at any time via www.revue.ch. “Swiss Review” (or “Gazzetta Svizzera” in Italy) is delivered free of charge either electronically by email or as a print edition to the homes of all Swiss Abroad. It is also available via the iOS/Android app “Swiss Review”. Responsible for the FDFA official communications: Consular Directorate Innovation and Partnerships Effingerstrasse 27, 3003 Berne, Switzerland www.eda.admin.ch, email: kdip@eda.admin.ch ■ ■ Same-sex couples who have married abroad and whose marriage has been recognised in Switzerland as a civil partnership can, from1 July 2022, apply to the cantonal marital status supervisory authority of their home canton to have their entry updated in the Swiss civil status register. This is because foreign same-sex marriages are now recognised as marriages in Switzerland. The entrywill also be automatically updatedwhen a change of civil status (birth, death, etc.) has to be registered. ■ ■ Foreign heterosexual civil partnerships are now recognised as civil partnerships in Switzerland. From 1 July 2022, couples in such partnerships can apply to the cantonal marital status supervisory authority of their home canton for their partnership to be entered in the Swiss civil status register. © www.pexels.com Consular services anywhere, conveniently on your mobile devices www.fdfa.admin.ch Kuala Lumpur (2022) ■ ■ Married female couples will now have access to sperm donations in Switzerland. Provided the sperm donation is conducted under the terms of the Swiss Reproductive Medicine Act, the wife of the childbearing womanwill become one of the child’s legal parents, and stepchild adoption will no longer be necessary. The donation of eggs and embryos as well as all forms of surrogate motherhood remain unlawful. (FOJ) For further information in German, French and Italian, visit the Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) website: revue.link/zivilstand Couples with any questions on these matters can contact the registry office/supervisory authority of their home canton or their local Swiss representation abroad. List of registry offices: revue.link/zivilstandsamt
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