Resource List

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European Union documents:

EU legal framework (primary and secondary law)
European Parliament (EP) documents, including resolutions and EP Research Service (EPRS) studies;
European Commission (EC) documents, including reports and studies;
Council of the EU documents;
Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) studies, reports and surveys;
Eurobarometer surveys.

Resources from other international organisations:

Council of Europe, including:
- Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) resolutions;
- Committee of Ministers decision.
United Nations, including:
- UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) reports;
- UNAIDS reports.

Links to Civil Society Organisations:

in Europe;
beyond Europe.

European Union documents

THE EU LEGAL FRAMEWORK
- EU primary law
- EU secondary law
  - Anti-discrimination
    - Equal Treatment in Employment Directive, prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in employment and occupation (2000)
    - Anti-Discrimination Directive (not adopted in 2008; currently blocked in the Council)
    - Victim’s Rights Directive, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression (2012)
  - Free movement
    - Free Movement Directive, namely the definitions of ‘spouses’ and ‘members of the family’ (2004)
    - Family Reunification Directive, connected with the entry and residence rights of LGBTI third-country nationals (2003)
  - Asylum
    - Qualification Directive, with regard to the granting of asylum on the basis of ‘membership of a particular social group’, including explicit references to sexual orientation and gender identity (2011)

European Parliament
- EP resolutions (9th parliamentary term: 2019-2024) (resolutions concerning LGBTI issues in whole or partially)
  - Resolution of 21 January 2021 on the human rights situation in Turkey, in particular the case of Selahattin Demirtaş and other prisoners of conscience (partially: ¶7, ¶8 and ¶12)
  - Resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period (partially: B., R., ¶7, ¶10, ¶21 and ¶45)
  - Resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (partially: ¶4, ¶8, ¶23, ¶29 and ¶116)
  - Resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all (partially: P., AR., AS., AT. and ¶18)
  - Resolution of 20 January 2021 on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2019 (partially: ¶3, ¶25, ¶81, ¶91-93 and ¶105)
  - Resolution of 18 December 2020 on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) (partially: G., ¶1 and ¶9)
  - Resolution of 17 December 2020 on Iran, in particular the case of 2012 Sakharov Prize Laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh (partially: ¶11)
  - Resolution of 17 December 2020 on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the Interinstitutional Agreement, the EU Recovery Instrument and the Rule of Law Regulation (partially: D., ¶1, ¶3-4)
  - Resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality (partially: C., F., N., W., ¶2 and ¶4-5)
  - Resolution of 17 December 2020 on the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation (partially: ¶8, ¶14-15, ¶18-19)
  - Resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland (partially: M., N., W., ¶12, ¶22)
  - Resolution of 26 November 2020 on the situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union – Annual Report for the years 2018 – 2019 (partially: M., P., AB., ¶2, ¶9, ¶10, 11, ¶15, ¶27 and ¶55)
  - Resolution of 25 November 2020 on strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms (partially: W., ¶24, ¶31-33)
  - Resolution of 13 November 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (partially: AE., AF., D., M., ¶5, ¶17)
  - Amendments adopted on 13 November 2020 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 (“EU4Health Programme”)
  - Resolution of 23 October 2020 on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy (partially: D., E., S., U., V., ¶4, ¶9, ¶10 and ¶40)
  - Resolution of 20 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on a framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies (partially: Article 9)
  - Resolution of 20 October 2020 on the Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed (partially: F., G., ¶6 and ¶8)
  - Resolution of 8 October 2020 on the rule of law and fundamental rights in Bulgaria (partially: ¶15 and ¶18)
  - Resolution of 7 October 2020 on the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 17 September 2020 on the proposal for a Council decision on the determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by the Republic of Poland of the rule of law (partially: ¶60-63)
  - Resolution of 17 September 2020 on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe (partially: O., ¶3 and ¶24)
  - Resolution of 17 September 2020 on the situation in the Philippines, including the case of Maria Ressa (partially: P. and ¶15)
  - Resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences (partially: ¶48)
  - Resolution of 11 December 2019 on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI persons, including LGBTI free zones (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 28 November 2019 on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (partially: F., ¶12)
  - Resolution of 26 November 2019 on children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (partially: E., ¶31, ¶40)
  - Resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland (partially: F., H., J., ¶6)
  - Resolution of 24 October 2019 on the proposed new criminal code of Indonesia (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 24 October 2019 on the situation of LGBTI people in Uganda (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 10 October 2019 on foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (partially: ¶5, ¶6)
- EP resolutions (8th parliamentary term: 2014-2019) (under update)
  - Resolution of 14 March 2019 on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (partially: P., ¶13)
  - Resolution of 14 February 2019 on the future of the LGBTI List of Actions (2019-2024) (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 14 February 2019 on the rights of intersex people (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 13 February 2019 on experiencing a backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU (partially: M., Q., ¶1, ¶7, ¶9)
  - Resolution of 13 February 2019 on EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (partially: L., ¶6)
  - Resolution of 16 January 2019 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2017 (partially: ¶11, ¶36)
  - Resolution of 13 December 2018 on Tanzania (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 13 December 2018 on Egypt, notably the situation of human rights defenders (partially: A., ¶1)
  - Resolution of 1 March 2018 on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016 (partially: ¶59-65)
  - Resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU (partially: E. and ¶19)
  - Resolution of 7 February 2018 on protection and non-discrimination with regard to minorities in the EU Member States (partially: ¶19-21)
  - Resolution of 15 June 2017 on the human rights situation in Indonesia (partially: C.-E., ¶5-7)
  - Resolution of 18 May 2017 on the implementation of the Council’s LGBTI Guidelines, particularly in relation to the persecution of (perceived) homosexual men in Chechnya, Russia (whole resolution)
  - Resolution of 1 March 2018 on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016 (partially: ¶48-55 and ¶59-68)
  - Resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015 (partially: ¶1-2, ¶31 and ¶61)
- European Parliament Research Service (EPRS)
  - The rights of LGBTI people in the EU (May 2020)
  - How does creating LGBTI inclusive regions and cities matter to their development? (April 2020)
  - The EU and rights of LGBTI people (May 2015)
  - Towards an EU Roadmap for Equality on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (October 2012)
  - Transgender people in the EU: Social and legal issues (November 2010)
- European Parliament Pilot Project “Health4LGBTI”
  - State-of-the-art study focusing on the health inequalities faced by LGBTI people (June 2017)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- Strategies
  - Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (November 2020)
  - Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (March 2020)
- Action Plans
  - Democracy: European Democracy Action Plan (December 2020)
- List of Actions to advance LGBTI Equality
  - Final report 2015-2019 on the list of actions to advance LGBTI equality (May 2020)
  - Report on the List of Actions to advance LGBTI Equality (December 2015)
- Rule of Law
  - Report – The Rule of Law situation in the European Union (September 2020)
    - Country chapters available here
- Studies and research on LGBTI equality
- Speeches
  - Commissioner Dalli, “The EU and LGBTI Rights in 2020-2024”, speech at the European Parliament’s LGBTI Intergroup event (4 February 2020)
  - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, “State of the European Union”, speech at the European Parliament (16 September 2020)

Council of the EU
- Foreign Policy / External Action
- Finnish Presidency of the European Union, Conference report – Advancing LGBTI Equality in the EU: from 2020 and beyond (September 2019)
- Council conclusions on LGBTI equality (June 2016)
FRA – Fundamental Rights Agency
- Results of the LGBTI Survey II – A long way to go for LGBTI equality (May 2020)
- The fundamental rights situation of intersex people (2015)
- Results of LGBT Survey (2013)
- Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in the EU Member States
  - Part I – Legal Analysis (2008)
  - Part II – The Social Situation (2009)

Eurobarometer
- Social acceptance of LGBTI people in the EU (2019)
- Discrimination in the EU (2012)
- Discrimination in the EU (2009)
Official summaries of EU legislation
ÉGALITÉ – Equality for LGBTI+ staff members in the European institutions

Resources from other international organisations

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

Resolution 2339 (2020): Upholding human rights in times of crisis and pandemics: gender, equality and non-discrimination
Resolution 2239 (2018): Private and family life: achieving equality regardless of sexual orientation
Resolution 2191 (2017): Promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people
Resolution 2048 (2015): Discrimination against transgender people in Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) – The parliamentary body of the Council of Europe
- The Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee at PACE