Moldova
ILGA-Europe members
Pride Events
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe express concern at the use of homophobic language by Moldovan members of parliament (26/07/2011)
- Ensuring freedom of assembly for LGBT people in Moldova and Ukraine (28/04/2010)
- Report and monitor hate crime - submissions to European and international institutions
- Moldova Pride 2009 (12/05/2009)
- Moldovan LGBT Pride 2008 (11/05/2008)
- Intergroup reminds Moldova that Right to Freedom of Assembly is a prerequisite to EU accession (20/12/2006)
- Through diversity to a constitutional state and real democracy (09/12/2005)
Resources
- Report on homophobic speech by members of Moldova's parliament
- Submission on LGBT Rights (12th session of the Universal Periodical Review)
- Demonstration in Moldova, 29 April 2010
- Support to 'Rainbow over the Dniester' from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg
- Detailed Description of Individual Discrimination Cases against LGBT People 2006
- Comprehensive denial to Moldova's principal LGBT organisation of the right to freedom of assembly
Anti-discrimination
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity are not prohibited on any areas.
Legal gender recognition of trans people
Moldova has no administrative procedures for legal gender recognition.
Partnership recognition
Moldova 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 Moldova.
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 2005, 2006 and 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 Moldova in our asylum section.
