RE:RUSSIA: Over the two years of the war, the situation surrounding the issue of the LGBTQ+ community in the post-Soviet space has seriously deteriorated. This deterioration is evident in Central Asian countries where ‘non-traditional relationships’ were already criminalised or semi-criminalised, as well as in countries like Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia,…
The leader of the initiative, an international coalition of LGBTQIA+ organizations, writes: “The world has just celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — a document that is much more than a cornerstone of international law:…
Having considered the state report of Turkmenistan at the 87th session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women gave the country’s authorities important recommendations on many articles of the Convention. A number of them relate to gender…
On 17 November 2023, Russia’s Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the State’s Supreme Court, demanding the recognition of the “international public LGBT movement” as an “extremist organization”. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations,…
Statement of Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial the 87th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the UN CEDAW, 30 May 2023 Dear Committee Members, Speaking about discrimination of women in employment, we note the formal abolishment of occupational bans for women in the Labor…
In 2022, Russia strengthened its anti-LGBT legislation by expanding the ban on “gay propaganda” to encompass people of all ages. Dissemination of positive or even neutral information about the LGBTI community, as well as public display of non-traditional orientations, can…
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