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EU law should forbid all bias crime, concludes Fundamental Rights Conference

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The annual Fundamental Rights Conference, organised by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), concluded that EU measures to address hate crime should be extended to cover all forms of bias, including homophobic crimes.
Currently, the European Union only foresees specific, higher penalties for racist and xenophobic speech and crime through a 2008 Framework Decision.
The conference concluded a comprehensive approach was now required, as… Read the rest

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Major EU fund for employment and social inclusion will combat discrimination

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Today, the European Parliament adopted a regulation defining the priorities of the European Social Fund (ESF) for the period 2014-2020.
For the first time, the Fund will contribute to combating discrimination based on sex—including discrimination against transsexual persons—and sexual orientation.
The ESF is one of the EU’s structural funds, designed to further social and economic cohesion in the EU. It is the main instrument of… Read the rest

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Croatia: MEPs regret Church-led referendum on marriage

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On 1 December, Croatian citizens will be called to vote on whether to alter the constitution to define marriage as ‘matrimony between a man and a woman’.
Although family law, including marriage, remains the exclusive competence of Member States, Members of the Croatian European Parliament regret the initiative designed to prevent future legalisation of same-sex marriages.
The referendum was initiated by Catholic lobby group ‘In… Read the rest

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Worldwide launch of GALEAD, The LGBTI Network, in partnership with ILGA and GLISA

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Global Connexion, in partnership with ILGA and GLISA announces the launch of GALEAD.com, the first worldwide network dedicated to the LGBTI community in all its diversity.
GALEAD is a unique and secured communication platform aiming to connect all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People, Organizations, Professionals, Businesses and their Allies across the world.
The ambition is to unite the LGBTI community worldwide by providing… Read the rest

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Greek civil unions law only for heterosexual couples violates European human rights law

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In a judgment in the joint cases of Vallianatos and Mylonas v. Greece and C.S. and others v. Greece delivered today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by excluding same-sex couples from a “civil union”, restricted in Greece to heterosexual couples.
FIDH, ILGA-Europe, the ICJ, AIRE-Centre and Hellenic league for… Read the rest

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EU Court of Justice rules sexual orientation valid ground for fear of persecution in asylum procedures

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Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that people fleeing their country with a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their sexual orientation may qualify for asylum in the European Union.
Rules to grant asylum in European Union Member States are laid down in the Directive on asylum qualifications. The Directive holds that depending on circumstances in their country of… Read the rest

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New European Parliament report in the making on a future EU LGBT equality roadmap

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Tomorrow the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will start working on a new strategy against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The debate can be watched live online from 10.30am CET (watch live).
The European Commission has already adopted strategies to coordinate its policies and legal proposals in the field of equality, such as… Read the rest

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European LGBTI movement gathers for its largest annual conference in Zagreb

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At a crossroad between legal progress and increasing social hostility:
European LGBTI movement gathers for its largest annual conference in Zagreb.
On 24-26 October 2013, ILGA-Europe holds its 17th Annual Conference in Zagreb. Our Annual Conference is the largest event on LGBTI political agenda in Europe. 290 participants from 40 countries are attending the Conference.
The main theme Family matters! Reaching out to hearts and… Read the rest

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European LGBTI movement gathers for its largest annual conference in Zagreb

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At a crossroad between legal progress and increasing social hostility:
European LGBTI movement gathers for its largest annual conference in Zagreb.
On 24-26 October 2013, ILGA-Europe holds its 17th Annual Conference in Zagreb. Our Annual Conference is the largest event on LGBTI political agenda in Europe. 290 participants from 40 countries are attending the Conference.
The main theme Family matters! Reaching out to hearts and… Read the rest

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Religious and political conservatives block vote on reproductive health and rights report

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Members of the European Parliament were due to vote on a report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights today.
Instead, intense lobbying by right-wing religious and political conservatives mustered enough support to send the report back to the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.
Authored by Edite Estrela MEP (S&D, Portugal), the report calls for universal access to sexual and reproductive health and… Read the rest

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New EU accession reports: LGBT rights in South-Eastern Europe and Turkey

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The European Commission’s annual reports on accession countries were published yesterday, and include important and extensive information on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in those 8 countries.
Both positive and negative developments are noted. European Commissioner Štefan Füle presented the 2013 progress reports to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.
More so than previous years, the Commission reported extensively on… Read the rest

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MEPs welcome the annulment of Moldovan ‘Propaganda Law’

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Members of the European Parliament are welcoming the decision by the Moldovan Parliament to annul the law prohibiting the “propagation of any other relations than those related to marriage Moldovan flagor family”.
Adopted by surprise only three months ago, the annulment of this law brings Moldova back on track for closer relations with the European Union.
The law, which breached the European Convention on Human… Read the rest

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Turkey’s Democracy Reform Package fails LGBT citizens

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At the end of last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented a ‘Democracy reform package’, including constitutional reforms, an anti-discrimination bill and a proposal for an amendment to hate crime and hate speech law.
Unfortunately, the package leaves out measures that would protect LGBT people from violence and discrimination.
Sexual orientation and gender identity are currently excluded from equality provisions in the constitution.… Read the rest

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Live: European Parliament debates homophobia and xenophobia in Russia

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Tomorrow morning the European Parliament will debate the increase in homophobia and xenophobia in Russia. Members of the European Parliament will discuss what the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs did so far.
The debate will be streamed live on Thursday 10 October 2013, at 9.30am Strasbourg time.
The legal and social situation has sharply deteriorated for non-governmental organisations defending human rights… Read the rest

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European Parliament Committee rejects report on discrimination at work

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The European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs has just rejected a draft report on discrimination at work, judging it was imbalanced and weakly worded.
The Committee had taken the initiative of reporting on the implementation of Directive 2000/78, which prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation at work across the European Union.
The EPP (centre-right) Rapporteur, Ádám… Read the rest

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