Irina Fedotova (activist) explained

Irina Fedotova is a Russian LGBT and human rights activist. She filed the case Fedotova v. Russia (1932/2010) with the United Nations Human Rights Committee to challenge the gay propaganda law in Ryazan[1] and also the case Fedotova and Others v. Russia with the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled in 2021 that Russia had violated her rights by failing to provide any recognition to her same-sex relationship.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Vereinte Nationen: Russland verletzt Rechte von Schwulen und Lesben . 25 September 2021 . queer.de . de-DE.
  2. News: Russia breached human rights law by failing to acknowledge same-sex couples . 25 September 2021 . Scottish Legal News . en.