FYROM
Articles and news
- European Parliament: European Union candidate countries have to respect the rights of LGBT people (12/02/2010)
- Macedonia backtracks on protection from discrimination for sexual minorities
- Report and monitor hate crime - submissions to European and international institutions in 2010
International human rights documents:
FYROM has ratified Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, moreover FYROM was a signatory to the 2007 UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Criminal law:
Consenting same-sex sexual acts are legal.
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Anti-discrimination:
Discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation is prohibited in the area of employment.
Partnership recognition:
In FYROM same-sex couples are able enter into a registered partnership.
Parenting rights:
Neither joint nor second parent adoption is available to same-sex couples in FYROM.
Law on hate and violence:
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.
Freedom of assembly:
Pride events have been banned in 2007.
