Parliament urges Member States to speak out for LGBTI Rights at UN Human Rights Council 21st January 2016 1441 0 0 In a resolution adopted today, the European Parliament has expressed its concern regarding “discriminatory laws and practices and acts of...
European Parliament concerned about LGBTI situation Gambia 20th May 2016 1493 0 0 In a resolution adopted last week, the European Parliament has called on Gambia to repeal its laws criminalising LGBTI people, and urged the...
UN Human Rights Council votes for independent expert on LGBT discrimination 4th July 2016 1471 0 0 In a 23 against 18 vote (6 abstentions)*, the United Nations Human Rights council voted in favour of a resolution condemning violence...
European Parliament urges Tunisia to decriminalise homosexuality 20th September 2016 1679 0 0 In a vote on EU – Tunisia relations, the European Parliament has urged Tunisia to decriminalise homosexuality. Currently, Article 230 of the Penal...
LGBTI Intergroup welcomes appointment first ever UN independent expert LGBT discrimination 4th October 2016 1532 0 0 Friday, the UN Human Rights Council appointed Vitit Muntarbhorn its first independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity. In July...
Open letter to Tunisian government: stop torture & arrests of homosexual men 18th January 2019 1627 0 0 In November 2018, the human rights NGO Human Rights Watch published multiple accounts of men who were arrested, prosecuted and detained for...
Plenary summary: persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion, resolutions on Western and Sahelian Africa, impact of war in Ukraine on women and Article 7(1)TEU on Poland and Hungary 6th May 2022 1486 0 0 Plenary summary: persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion, resolutions on Western and Sahelian Africa, impact of war in...
Plenary summary: New EU Strategy for enlargement, legal protection of rainbow families in light of the Baby Sara case and human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar 25th November 2022 471 0 0 Plenary summary: New EU Strategy for enlargement, legal protection of rainbow families in light of the Baby Sara case and human rights in the...
Press release: European Parliament adopts first ever standalone resolution on universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and trans identities 20th April 2023 1491 0 1 Press release: European Parliament adopts first ever standalone resolution on universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and trans identities
