Romanian Court Slams Law Banning Discussion of Gender in Education

Click to expand Image Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, where the Constitutional Court of Romania is located, July 2020. © Council of Europe Romania’s Constitutional Court this week struck down a law parliament adopted in June 2020 that would have, among other things, banned “activities aimed at spreading gender identity theory or opinion” in educational settings. This is a positive development as the law violated Romania’s international human rights obligations, including those undertaken as a party to the Istanbul Convention on violence against women and the European Convention on…

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