RESPECTING EUROPEAN STANDARDS CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTPEOPLE IN POLAND AND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
RESPECTING EUROPEAN STANDARDS CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTPEOPLE IN POLAND AND IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The LGBT rights are one of the most crucial aspects of a social and political discoursein Poland and in the Russian Federation. Although in both countries there is a different systemof power, and, what follows, human rights and their realization are perceived in a different way,in these two states the right of LGBT people become an instrument of politics. In the followingarticle the authors present a comparative analysis of the way in which the rights of LGBT peopleare perceived in Poland and in the Russian Federation. They will depict the similarities anddifferences between these two countries which result from historical conditions, and will providean analysis of the current perception of non-heterosexual people in Poland and in Russia.

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