News of ECOM
June 29, 2023
Report on Violations of LGBT People's Rights in Armenia in 2022
ECOM annually conducts an analysis of violations of LGBT people’s rights in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Based on this analysis, we draw up a report with...
June 8, 2023
Report on Violations of LGBT People's Rights in Uzbekistan in 2022
ECOM continues to regularly analyze violations of LGBT people’s rights in the countries of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Below you will find a report on the violations...
May 11, 2023
Report on the Violations of LGBT People's Rights in Kyrgyzstan in 2022
ECOM continues to regularly assess violations of LGBT people’s rights in the countries of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Below you will find an updated report on the...
February 23, 2023
ECOM’s Position Paper on the Initiation of a Law on the Transparency of Foreign Influence in Georgia
Background 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...
February 7, 2023
ECOM Conducts Analysis of National Legislation of Uzbekistan Related to LGBT Rights and HIV
Uzbekistan, while internationally declaring its openness and accessibility to information, including on human rights, remains one of the most closed countries in the world with an authoritarian government. And although...
December 10, 2022
I Have the Right to Control my Body: Human Rights Day 2022
Every person has the right to be himself/herself/themselves. Against the backdrop of the World War II horrors, the world unanimously subscribed to these words, which were reflected in the Universal...
December 7, 2022
ECOM discussed cooperation in the field of Human Rights with Armenian NGOs
On November 3 and 4, 2022, ECOM experts made a working visit to Armenia as part of the #SoS_project. Human Rights Coordinator Yuri Yoursky, Human Rights Officer Elvira Tilek and...
December 6, 2022
37 ECOM cases published in Annual OSCE Report on Hate Crimes
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has published data on hate crimes for 2021. The 2021 data contain information provided by participating States, civil society and...
November 22, 2022
Kyrgyzstan Receives Recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee
ECOM together with the Public Association “Labrys” and the Initiative Group “Myrzaiym” submitted an alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee to consider the report of Kyrgyzstan on the...
October 24, 2022
New Grounds of Discrimination: Russia is Going to Ban Any Representation of LGBT People
Russia is planning to toughen the punishment for the so-called “gay propaganda”. ECOM is concerned about the future work of LGBT organizations. What happened? In mid-summer, a draft law on...
