Theme: LGBTI rights

A new UN Independent Expert on protaction against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Vitit Muntabhorn, a Professor Emeritus of Law at Chulalongkorn Univeersity in Bangkok, was appointed recently to this position. Within the mandate,…

by Stephania Kulaeva from the magazine of ILGA-Europe Destination>>EQUALITY autumn 2016 I met Arthur (the name is changed) when he was 19 – and he was glowing with his bright smile, white shirt, blue-black hair and a beautiful dark face….

On November 20 transgender people murdered in hate crimes for their gender identity are being remembered. Documentation of such crimes is extremely difficult. In the majority of cases these crimes are not investigated properly and the perpetrators are not held…

Belgian “ZiZo magazine” about the report of ADC Memorial “Violation of LGBT Rights in Crimea and Donbass: The Problem of Homophobia in Territories Beyond Ukraine’s Control”. Een Russische en een Oekraïense organisatie hebben samen een rapport gepubliceerd over holebi- en…

ADC “Memorial” took part in the side event “Donbas: surviving hell”, which was organized during the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR) meeting in Warsaw. Representatives of human rights organizations from Ukraine – Center for Civil…

Over the past two years, the LGBT communities in Crimea and in the part of the Donbass not controlled by Ukraine found themselves under the rule of new laws. Experts of the Anti-discrimination Center “Memorial” interviewed members of gay communities…