Joint Letter to the President of Ukraine on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity as Grounds of Non-Discrimination in the Constitution
His Excellency Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine
11 Bankova street 01220
Kyiv, Ukraine
August 4, 2015
Your Excellency,
We, the undersigned international human rights organizations, welcome public statements you made on June 5, 2015, in support of the enjoyment of constitutionally protected rights of all Ukrainian citizens without discrimination. We urge you to ensure that as legal and constitutional reforms advance in Ukraine, that the principles of equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of human rights and state protection become firmly entrenched in Ukrainian law. In particular, we urge you to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people are protected, …read more
Source: Human Rights Watch
