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ECOM Position. On the development of a law to ban LGBT propaganda in Uzbekistan
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2024
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
The leader of the “Milliy Tiklanish” party has announced the drafting of a law to ban LGBT propaganda in Uzbekistan. There is no information yet on when the draft will be released for public hearings. This is not the first...
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ECOM Position. On the adoption of anti-LGBT legislation in Georgia
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2024
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
On 17 September 2024, the Parliament of Georgia adopted in the third reading the package of laws “On Family Values and Protection of Minors”, aimed against its LGBT citizens, amending 18 different laws. Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili did not say...
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ECOM Calls for Rejection of Illegal Petition “Against LGBT Propaganda”
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2024
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
In June, the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan started considering the petition “We are against open and concealed LGBT propaganda in Kazakhstan!”, initiated by the head of the public association Kazakhstan Parents’ Union. The petition calls on the...
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ECOM Statement. On Adoption of Oppressive Legislation in Georgia
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2024
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
On 14 May 2024, the Georgian parliament, despite ongoing mass protests inside the country and numerous calls from the international community, adopted a highly controversial bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” in the third reading. The draft law requires all...
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Decision of the Supreme Court of Russia violates fundamental human rights, including the rights of LGBT people
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2023
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
ECOM’s position paper regarding the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to recognize the LGBT movement as “extremist” and to prohibit its activities in the country. On Thursday, November 30, behind closed doors, the Supreme Court of...
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COMMUNIQUÉ. 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and Trans People in Central Asia
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2023
On 21 and 22 November 2023 the first (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and Trans* People in Central Asia successfully took place in Almaty with the participation of more than 100 delegates, representing national public health authorities, community-based...
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ECOM’s position regarding the ban on “LGBT propaganda” among children in Kyrgyzstan
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2023
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
The President of Kyrgyzstan signed amendments to the Law “on measures to prevent harm to the health of children, and to their physical, intellectual, mental, spiritual and moral development in the Kyrgyz Republic”. Information “rejecting family and traditional social values,...
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ECOM's position on the fact that Russia has adopted a transphobic law
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2023
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
On July 14, 2023, the law prohibiting transgender transition was adopted unanimously by all the deputies in the third and final reading. And on July 24, it was signed by the president, and the law already entered into force. The...
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Position Paper: Sex Worker Rights are Human Rights
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
203
This position paper was developed in response to the fact that sex workers, including LGBT sex workers, continue to face criminalization, violence, discrimination and other forms of human rights violations in the EECA region.
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ECOM’s Position Paper on the Initiation of a Law on the Transparency of Foreign Influence in Georgia
Theme:
Position Papers
Year:
2023
Publication prepared by:
ECOM
On February 20, the party “Power of the People” initiated a law on agents of foreign influence in the Parliament of Georgia. The party itself is linked to the ruling “Georgian Dream” party, which has already declared its willingness to...
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