Newsroom – Page 32 – The European Parliament's LGBTIQ+ Intergroup

1st August 2014 1513 0 0

In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court of Uganda nullified the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. The Court argued that procedural...

25th July 2014 1457 0 0

Yesterday, six Members of the European Parliament asked the Commission in a written question how it will keep pressure on Russia to respect the...

18th July 2014 1700 0 0

The Strasbourg week is over, so it is time for a plenary update. Apart from voting Jean-Claude Juncker in as the new Commission President, the...

17th July 2014 1500 0 0

Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the divorce requirement for people who wish to change their legal gender and are...

27th June 2014 1615 0 1

Yesterday the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the “Protection of the Family”. The resolution calls on the High Commissioner for...

25th June 2014 1509 0 0

Last week, the Kyrgyz Parliament’s Human Rights Committee approved the anti-LGBT ‘propaganda’ bill. The decision brings the bill closer to a...

17th June 2014 1421 0 0

Last Saturday, Co-President of the LGBT Intergroup Ulrike Lunacek was attacked at Vienna Pride. A liquid likely to be butyric acid—a toxic but...

12th June 2014 1898 0 0

Yesterday, the Danish Parliament voted a new regulation which will make it easier for transgender persons to see their preferred gender officially...

4th June 2014 1602 0 0

Today, Slovak MPs from SMER (Social-Democrats) and KDH (Christian-Democrats) voted to define marriage as a ‘unique bond between a man and a woman’...

22nd May 2014 1846 0 0

Starting today, the 8th direct election to the European Parliament will determine the EU’s action over the next five years, including in the...