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October 2, 2023 Statement

Romania: Action Lagging on Access to Abortion, Sex Education

HRW Oral Statement - Item 6 Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption - HRC54

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
September 6, 2022 Commentary

How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook

Flags of the LGTBIQ community raise and wave as people gather to protest and celebrate the International Pride Day celebrations in Cali, Colombia, July 4, 2021. 
June 13, 2022 Commentary

Romania — Latest EU Hotspot in Backlash Against LGBT Rights

When schools make LGBT topics taboo, children who identify as LGBT face shame and doubt and their peers learn hostility and intolerance

A little girl walks holding an umbrella in the Transylvanian town of Sibiu, Romania, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Romanian Court Slams Law Banning Discussion of Gender in Education

Law Curtailed Rights to Freedom of Expression, Health, Non-discrimination

The Constitutional Court of Romania, July 2020. 
October 3, 2018 Dispatches

Cynical Romanian Referendum Tries to Redefine ‘Family’

Activists Encourage Voters to Stay Away from Polls That ‘Legitimize Hatred’

Members of Romania's gay community attend the GayFest Parade 2011 in Bucharest June 4, 2011.
July 30, 2018 Commentary

From the Americas to the Far East, Courts Are Advancing LGBT Rights

The Indian Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India.
June 7, 2018 Dispatches

Court Ruling Upholds Right of Same-Sex Couple to Live in Romania

Romania Should Rescind Discrimination Against Gay Spouse

Members of Romania's gay community attend the GayFest Parade 2011 in Bucharest June 4, 2011.
May 31, 2018 News Release

Lithuania/Romania: Ruling Highlights CIA Torture Complicity

European Governments Should Investigate Grave Violations

A Romanian journalist walks past a building on the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, 250km (155 miles) east of Bucharest, cited as a possible location for the transfer of terrorist suspects by the CIA. December 19, 2005.
January 24, 2018 Commentary

For LGBT Rights, 2018 Will Be the Year of the Courts

The Indian Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India.
January 13, 2018 Dispatches

Can an EU Country Forbid You from Being with Your Spouse?

What Happens When a Government Does Not Recognize Your Same-Sex Marriage

People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008.
November 20, 2017 Commentary

Marriage Discrimination Goes Global

As LGBT Couples Secure Rights, Opponents Campaign to Water Them Down

Police watch marchers holding signs and banners as they participate in a marriage equality march in central Sydney, Australia.
March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis

February 21, 2017 Letter

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Romania

April 21, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Frank Talk in the US About Ending HIV

November 4, 2013 Commentary

Europe: Time to Drop the Roma Myths

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