Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
On 30 September 2011, Justice Johnson Lam of the Court of First Instance of the High Court (CFI) ruled in Vallejos' case that existing legislation restricting FDHs from qualifying for permanent residence contravened the Hong Kong Basic Law. Lam also found that Vallejos and Domingo, but not the three other applicants, had fulfilled the condition of taking Hong Kong as their only permanent home and being ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for seven years. The Court of Appeal of the High Court overturned the CFI's decision on Vallejos' case on 28 March 2012. Vallejos and Domingo then jointly appealed to the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), which heard their case on 26–28 February 2013; the CFA rejected their appeal on 25 March 2013.
Recognition of same-sex unions in Ecuador
On 5 August 2013, LGBT rights groups launched a nationwide campaign under the name "Matrimonio Civil Igualitario" (Equal Civil Marriage), seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in the country. The campaign was launched with a marriage petition made by activist Pamela Troya and her partner at the Civil Registry of Quito. The petition was rejected days later, citing the country's Constitution and Civil Code. The couple announced on 8 August that they would file a lawsuit in order to have a judge order the Civil Registry to marry them. The lawsuit was filed on 13 August and is still pending. The case is currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court, and focuses heavily on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights case of "Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile", which held that sexual orientation is a suspect classification.