/CNW/ - The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and.
Thousands marched in the Romanian capital on Saturday to demand equal rights for gender and sexual minorities as fears rise over a draft law to ban discussing homosexuality and gender transition in schools.
Among the crowd was 37-year-old Catalin Enescu, who had come with his wife and two young daughters, dressed in rainbow-colored dresses.
“It’s my first time taking part in a march like this, but it’s important to be here because the rights of LGBTQ people are no longer respected,” he said.
Romania decriminalized homosexuality in 2001, but same-sex couples are not allowed to marry or enter into civil partnerships.
Rights advocates are