FYR Macedonia
ILGA-Europe members
Events
- The Summer Institute for Sexuality, Culture and Politics
- Summer school - Dialectical Interdependencies of Theory and Practice in Feminism: Exploring the Issues of Gender, Transition and the Balkans
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- The European Commission reaction to the anti-discrimination law (16/04/2010)
- ILGA-Europe's statement on new anti-discrimination law in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (12/04/2010)
- 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
Resources
- ILGA-Europe Annual Review 2011 on FYR Macedonia
- ILGA-Europe's submission to EC 2010 Progress Report on FYR Marcedonia
- Response from the European Commission on letter from ILGA-Europe of 1 February 2010
- Open letter by Euro MPs to Macedonian Parliament: Don't vote a deficient anti-discrimination law
- ILGA-Europe's letter to the Government of Macedonia-English
- Documented cases of human rights violations
- Proposal of the Introduction of Sexual Health Education
- Overview of the Legal Framework and the Rights of the LGBT People in the Republic of Macedonia
Anti-discrimination
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited in the area of employment.
Legal gender recognition of trans people
FYR Macedonia has no administrative procedures for legal gender recognition.
Partnership recognition
FYR Macedonia does not provide any legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Parenting rights
Neither joint nor second parent adoption is available to same-sex couples in FYR Macedonia.
Criminal law on hate speech/crime
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
LGBTI public events have been banned in 2007.
Criminal law on age of consent
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Asylum
Learn more about LGBTI asylum in FYR Macedonia in our asylum section.
