Slovakia: Equality erased from the Constitution
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Slovakia just rewrote its Constitution to restrict LGBTI+ rights and weaken its international obligations. Tell the EU to act now and defend equality.

Something alarming just happened in Slovakia.

On 26 September 2025, the Slovak Parliament narrowly voted to rewrite the country’s Constitution, banning legal gender recognition, restricting adoption to married heterosexual couples, and prohibiting surrogacy.

In a country where LGBTI+ people were already at high risk and lacking any legal recognition of their partnerships and families, this sweeping legal change enshrines discrimination into the highest law of the land. It denies trans and intersex people the right to legal recognition and excludes same-sex couples from building families. The amendment also claims that Slovak law is “above” international law, giving the government power to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights or the European Court of Justice.

Slovakia’s leaders are copying Hungary and Russia’s anti-LGBTI+ laws – moving the country away from freedom, equality, and human dignity, and toward authoritarianism.

If this goes unchallenged, other governments could follow. Failure to act now would make the EU’s promise to protect human rights nothing more than words on paper.

This is not only a Slovak issue. It’s a warning for all of Europe.
When one government decides that some people simply don’t exist, democracy itself is in danger.

We cannot let equality be erased — not in Slovakia, not anywhere.

Sign now to demand that the European Union acts urgently to defend equality, human rights, and the rule of law in Slovakia.

This petition was created by Iniciatíva Inakosť. We are a civil society organization dedicated to building a more just society where all human beings are free and equal in dignity and rights. Our mission is to improve the lives of LGBTI+ people in Slovakia so that they can express their true selves and feel safe, respected, and accepted for who they are.

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To European Commission, Council of the European Union:

On 26 September 2025, Slovakia adopted a constitutional amendment banning legal gender recognition, restricting adoption to married heterosexual couples, and prohibiting surrogacy. It also declares Slovakia’s sovereignty in matters of national identity and the supremacy of the Constitution over European and international law. It thus gives the government a powerful tool to justify any decisions and policies that violate human rights and international obligations, while depriving affected individuals of the possibility to seek justice before national and European courts.


This measure erases the legal existence of trans and intersex people, discriminates against same-sex couples and families, and undermines women’s reproductive rights. It violates the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and binding rulings of the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.

We urge the European Union to respond decisively:

1. Initiate infringement proceedings against Slovakia for breaching EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights and relevant Court of Justice rulings on equality and human dignity.


2. Condemn Slovakia’s constitutional amendment publicly as a serious violation of EU values and include the country in the EU’s rule-of-law monitoring mechanism.


3. Urge the Slovak government to reverse the amendment to the constitutional provisions banning legal gender recognition and undermining international human-rights obligations.


4. Support civil society and human-rights defenders in Slovakia by providing targeted funding for organisations offering legal aid, counselling, and safe spaces for LGBTI+ people.


5. Reaffirm that the EU will not tolerate discrimination based on gender identity, sex characteristics, or sexual orientation — and that all member states are bound by shared human-rights standards.


Slovakia’s amendment challenges the EU’s foundational commitment to equality, dignity, and the rule of law. A strong, coordinated response is urgently needed to protect those values.

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