
Analysis of National Legislation Related to LGBT Rights and HIV in Azerbaijan Now Available in Azerbaijani
ECOM continues publication of its analysis of national legislation related to LGBT rights and HIV in the countries of Eastern Europe...

Analysis of national legislation related to the rights of LGBT people and HIV in Uzbekistan is now available in Uzbek
ECOM continues its analysis of national legislation related to the rights of LGBT people and HIV in the countries of Eastern...

Uzbekistan: stop punishing homosexuality and respect the human rights of all
”When I remember the things that happened to me my heart stops beating.” — A former prisoner recalls his time in...

ECOM’s Statement on Assign the Status of “Foreign Agent” to the “Phoenix PLUS” NGO, Russia
On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Russian authorities decided to help in the fight against the pandemic in their...

Yuri Yoursky elected as a new member of ILGA-Europe Executive Board
We congratulate ECOM Human Rights and Legal Issues Officer, Yuri Yoursky, who has been elected as a new member of ILGA-Europe...

Permit Do Not Prohibit: How laws oh the prohibition of “gay propaganda” operate in the Russian Federation
ECOM presents an analysis on how laws banning “gay propaganda” were enacted in the Russian Federation and how they influences the...

“Trans*Map in EECA” – ECOM announces the start of a three-year project
We are pleased and proud to present another project led by ECOM in cooperation with national partners in Eastern Europe and...

ECOM, PO “Kyrgyz Indigo” and the LGBT organization “Labrys” informed the UN HRC about the lack of antidiscrimination legislation for LGBT people in Kyrgyzstan
ECOM, PO “Kyrgyz Indigo” and the LGBT organization “Labrys” submitted a joint report to the UN Human Rights Committee on human...

ECOM and Equality Movement applied to UN HRCtee and claimed Georgia to ensure equal access to medical services for LGBT
In October 2020 within 130th Session UN Human Rights Committee will formulate List of Issues for Georgia to report on its...

Предвыборная гонка в Руководящий совет ЕКОМ продолжается
Накануне, 25 августа 2020 года, состоялась онлайн дискуссия с кандидатами и кандидатками, подавшимися на дополнительные выборы члена Руководящего Совета (РС) ЕКОМ. ...

Russia will have to answer to the UN on protecting the rights of gay and trans* people
ECOM, together with the LGBT initiative group “ComingOut”, the NGO “Phoenix Plus”, and an anonymous trans* group from Siberia, submitted a...

ECOM and the NGO “New Generation” call on the UN Human Rights Committee in relation to various rights for gay and trans* people in Armenia
ECOM in partnership with the Humanitarian NGO “New Generation” submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee on rights violations...

In Belarus, fighting for democracy — and LGBTQ rights
LGBTQ people have been fighting for their rights since before the election. We’ll still be fighting after. Andrei Zavalei is a...

Trans* Map in EECA – new project by trans* people for trans* people
ECOM is launching a three-year project aimed at strengthening the role and participation of trans* people in the HIV response in...

Call for proposals for grants on national/local budget analysis of health and social services for key populations
Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) is looking for 6 national or local NGOs to implement the short-term projects on national/local budgets...

The Right to Health Is Your Right
ECOM has completed the regional program “Right to Health”, the first large-scale project in Eastern Europe and Central Asia aimed at...

EECA’s first study on the HIV Services Cascade for MSM identified weakest spots
The analysis of the cascade of continuous HIV care for MSM in five countries of the EECA region is the first...

COVID-19: Targeted actions needed to protect LGBTI people amid pandemic – Bachelet
GENEVA (17 April 2020) – States need to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people do not face discrimination...

UNAIDS and MPact are extremely concerned about reports that LGBTI people are being blamed and abused during the COVID-19 outbreak
UNAIDS and MPact call on governments and partners to protect, support and respect the human rights of LGBTI people during the...

COVID-19 SITUATION ASSESSMENT: Quarantine measures affect to LGBT community NGOs working in the fields of HIV prevention
In April 2020, ECOM conducted a rapid situation assessment to determine how the COVID-19 epidemic and related quarantine measures affect LGBT...