Human Rights Watch have said that the people of Liechtenstein should vote "yes" in this month's referendum on whether their parliament should proceed to legalise same-sex partnerships.

Boris Dittrich, advocacy director of the LGBT Rights Program at Human Rights Watch said: "The parliament has already taken the right steps to ensure that everyone in Liechtenstein, regardless of sexual orientation, is entitled to the protection of the law . . . now the citizens of Liechtenstein have an opportunity to endorse this move against discrimination."