News for March, 2010
Council of Europe unanimously adopts Recommendation to combat LGBT discrimination
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers unanimously adopted Recommendation 2010/5 on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Recommendation is an official text adopted by the ministerial representatives of all 47 Council of …
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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on March 31st, 2010
Euro MPs to Macedonian Parliament: Don’t vote a deficient anti-discrimination law
Several Members of the European Parliament wrote today to the Parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, urging them to reconsider voting in plenary on an incomplete government-proposed anti-discrimination law. In its current draft version, the bill does not …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on March 30th, 2010
European Commission signs trade deal with countries jailing and killing homosexuals
Negotiations came to a close last Friday over the revised Cotonou Agreement, which delineates political and trade relations between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. Out of 79 ACP states, 49 criminalise homosexuality with up to …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 22nd, 2010
Public Letter to the Lithuanian Parliament: Don’t ban Baltic Pride!
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius publicly responded to our letter, saying that Lithuania was as tolerant as Norway or Denmark. Sent to: Irena Degutienė, Speaker of the Seimas Petras Gražulis, Member of the Seimas Carbon copy: Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on March 17th, 2010
Lithuanian Parliamentarians try to overturn permit for international LGBT Pride in Vilnius
Update: Lithuanian Prosecutor upholds permit for Baltic Pride Only two weeks after the enactment of a controversial Law on the Protection of Minors in Lithuania, Members of the Parliament seek to ban an international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 16th, 2010
International Women’s Day event: Lunacek enquires about protection of lesbian women’s rights
Today the European Parliament hosted a high-level conference celebrating International Women’s Day 2010. The event investigated EU action in the field of violence against women inside the European Union and in the EU’s external relations. Ulrike Lunacek MEP, Co-president of …
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Posted in: News stories, Recent news on March 16th, 2010
Parliamentary question to the Commission: LGBT issues in European Neighbourhood Policy Progress Reports
Written parliamentary question asked to the European Commission by: Michael Cashman (UK, S&D) Ulrike Lunacek (Austria, Greens/EFA) Sophie in’t Veld (Netherlands, ALDE) Sirpa Pietikäinen (Finland, EPP) Raül Romeva i Rueda (Spain, Greens/EFA) Rui Tavares (Portugal, GUE/GNL)
Tags: EU neighbourhood policy european commission parliamentary questionPosted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on March 8th, 2010
The European Court of Human Rights keeps Poland in line with LGBT rights
The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBT Rights welcomed a recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights. The court in Strasbourg ruled that Poland was wrong to deny de facto same-sex couples the rights afforded to their heterosexual counterparts. …
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Posted in: News stories, Press releases, Recent news on March 5th, 2010
Lithuanian law on the ‘protection’ of minors enters the statute book
The Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information is entering into force today. The law bars ‘minors’ from receiving information about any type of sexual relationships, and seeks to protect the ‘traditional’ concept …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 1st, 2010
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights