Tag: ILGA-Europe
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Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a challenging picture
Annual Review of the situation of LGBTI people paints a picture at odds with a widespread notion that in Europe the work is done
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ILGA-Europe welcomes a landmark European Court of Human Rights judgment on online hate speech
Today, the European Court of Human Rights found Lithuania’s failure to investigate online hateful comments against a gay couple to violate their rights to private and family life, as well as being discriminatory on the ground of sexual orientation.
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Alarming Rise in Hate Attacks on European LGBTQI Communities
As a sharp rise in attacks on LGBTQI communities in Hungary, Serbia and Poland is reported, ILGA-Europe calls for the EU Commission to step up its leadership in the protection of fundamental rights
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This is a critical time for the EU Commission to adopt a comprehensive LGBTI strategy
Europe is at a dangerous crossroads and that’s why this is a critical time for the Commission to adopt a comprehensive LGBTI strategy over the next five years, says ILGA-Europe, in advance of the Finnish Presidency conference on advancing LGBTI equality in the EU.
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One in four MEPs committed to work on LGBTI equality in new European Parliament
With the highest voter turnout the European elections has seen since 1994, so too arrives the largest number of MEPs elected committed to LGBTI equality.
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#ElectNoHate : ILGA-Europe unites for intolerance-free EU election campaign
ILGA-Europe and 21 other civil society organisations and unions today launch #ElectNoHate, our joint call for EU elections campaigning free from hate speech and divisive rhetoric, which legitimise hateful actions and pose a threat to human rights.