would not use violence against the victim again and persuaded not to complain against the perpetrator. Almost none of the cases prepared based on the reports submitted to the law enforcement agencies or the cases under investigation had sexual orientation or gender identity or gender expression as a subject of investigation. In only one case did law enforcement investigate calls for violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. No case was sent to the court with an indictment based on the registered violations. In some cases, the victims reconciled with the offender, because of which the criminal cases were terminated, or no criminal case was initiated. Some reports were not processed, i.e., according to the police, the corpus delicti was absent, the violation was civil, etc. In all cases, the body conducting the proceedings delayed providing information to the applicants about the progress of the case or did not inform them at all about the decisions made within the case investigation. Pink does not provide more comprehensive case statistics, as some of that information is based on verbal information provided by victims, who, in the absence of legal knowledge, do not provide comprehensive, necessary information on case decisions. The rest of the applicants are not retrospective about the examination of their cases, do not pursue decisions and developments in their case. However, decisions not to prosecute or dismiss criminal cases are appealed by human rights organizations to higher instances to restore the violated rights of LGBT people and to achieve justice.
The attitude of law enforcement officers In some cases, law enforcement officers are neutral and, rarely, supportive of the abused person. They are often curious about the victims’ sexual orientation, gender identity, and other characteristics. Investigators do not differentiate between sexual orientation and gender identity, they often identify that being trans or gay is the same thing, they use inappropriate or offensive terms, which suggests that law enforcement officials lack knowledge about sexuality. Sometimes there is a ridiculing, mocking, and insulting attitude towards LGBT people. One of the trans people who applied to the organization said that the police officers mocked them, asked questions about their gender identity, criticized their appearance, saying, “are you doing manicures?” and so on. In conclusion, it is possible to assert that in 2020 the state failed to fulfill its responsibilities to protect the rights of LGBT people and to restore their violated rights, as well as no effective protection mechanisms, have been established, and the bodies operating the mechanisms have not shown an impartial attitude.
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