News for March, 2015
Parliament human rights report addresses LGBTI criminalisation, trans rights and same-sex unions
Last week, the European Parliament voted its annual report on human rights in the world. The report takes account of the situation of human rights, including of LGBTI people, and makes recommendations accordingly. The report contains strong language on the …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 17th, 2015
Strasbourg Court: sterilisation requirement for gender reassignment surgery is a violation of privacy
Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the requirement of permanent infertility to undergo gender reassignment surgery is a violation of the right to privacy, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 12th, 2015
European Parliament reviews progress on LGBTI rights Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
Today the European Parliament adopted four of its annual reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries. MEPs have assessed the rights of LGBTI people, and recommended the countries to improve the situation. In its report on Montenegro, the Parliament …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on March 11th, 2015
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights