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EU foreign affairs ministers adopt ground-breaking global LGBTI policy
Today the EU’s 27 foreign affairs ministers adopted a ground-breaking global policy. The LGBTI Guidelines instruct EU diplomats around the globe to defend the human rights of LGBTI people.
Tags: eeas european council LGBT toolkit LGBTI guidelinesPosted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 24th, 2013
European Parliament welcomes recent UN developments on sexual orientation and gender identity
Today the European Parliament joined the United Nations’ call for safeguarding the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the world. The resolution adopted today was co-signed by 6 out of 7 political groups, and adopted …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on September 28th, 2011
European Parliament Hearing: LGBTI Rights in the World
On Thursday 30 June, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a hearing on LGBTI Rights in the World. Speakers will include LGBTI human rights defenders from the Philippines, Argentina and Rwanda, as well as Members of the …
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Posted in: Intergroup documents, Recent news on June 20th, 2011
European Parliament calls on Russia to authorise gay prides
Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU-Russia Summit in Nizhny Novgorod on 9-10 June 2011. The text expresses regrets that the gay pride was banned for the sixth consecutive year in Moscow, and reminds Russia of its obligations …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on June 9th, 2011
Response to the parliamentary question on the effective use of the LGBT Toolkit
The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the body representing all 27 EU governments, has responded to a written question on the effective use of the LGBT Toolkit. Adopted in June 2010, the Toolkit to Promote and Protect the …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on May 20th, 2011
Parliamentary question to the Council: Effective use of the LGBT Toolkit
Today seven Members of the European Parliament asked the Council how the Toolkit to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People has been used so far. The Toolkit was adopted …
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Posted in: Parliamentary work, Recent news on March 14th, 2011
European Parliament calls for protection of LGBT people’s human rights worldwide
Today the European Parliament voted its annual report on human rights in the world. The report pays particular attention to human rights violations on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, and calls for increased efforts to combat the violence …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on December 16th, 2010
MEPs welcome new toolkit to defend LGBT people’s human rights
Members of the European Parliament have welcomed the adoption by the Council of the European Union of a Toolkit to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People (PDF). The document, …
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Posted in: Press releases, Recent news on June 30th, 2010
2010 The European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBTI Rights