Evelyne Paradis, ILGA-Europe’s Executive Director, said: “We regret that, by treating grounds of discrimination differently, the Moldovan law in effect institutes a hierarchy of rights. And also, at a time when city councils are adopting proclamations to prohibit so called propaganda of “non-traditional sexual orientations”, we worry that this lack of legal clarity around the ground of sexual orientation will continue to leave the LGBT community in a vulnerable position and considerably limit their legal protection.”

Ms Paradis added: “We call on the Moldovan judiciary system and policy-makers to ensure that, despite explicit reference, discrimination based on sexual orientation is covered under “any other similar grounds” in the application of the law. We also urge European institutions to effectively monitor implementation of this legislation and to support Moldovan authorities is applying an extensive interpretation of the law”.

Source: www.ilga-europe.org