ILGA-Europe

18 Nov

ILGA-Europe welcome a landmark judgment by the European Court of Human Rights concerning the deportation of a gay man to The Gambia

Yesterday, in the case of B. and C. v Switzerland, for the first time the European Court of Human Rights found that deportation of the applicant, a gay man, would give rise to a violation of Article 3 due to failure by the responding State to assess the risks of ill-treatment for a gay person in The Gambia, and the availability of State protection against ill-treatment emanating from non-State actors.
12 Nov

EU shifts gear with adoption of LGBTIQ Equality Strategy

The publication today of a five-year EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy marks a qualitative shift from the European Commission towards playing its full role to defend and protect LGBTI rights in times of real backlash, says Europe’s largest LGBTI umbrella organisation, ILGA-Europe.
10 Nov

ILGA-Europe is alarmed by Hungarian Parliament’s moves to abolish the national Equal Treatment Authority

Today, Tuesday 10^th November 2020 the Justice Committee of the Hungarian Parliament tabled a bill that would abolish the Equal Treatment Authority (ETA), Hungary's most important equality body set up in 2005.
15 Oct

Joint letter on Poland to Commission President von der Leyen

Following her State of the European Union speech, we wrote a letter to President von der Leyen.
15 Sep

“Poland is violating the fundamental rights of EU citizens and blatantly disregarding EU treaties and standards,” says LGBTI organisation ILGA-Europe as a legal complaint is submitted to the European Commission

The European Commission and member states are duty bound to hold Poland accountable to EU Treaties.
11 Sep

Odesa Pride attacked by Ukrainian nationalist group 'Tradition and Order'

On the 30th of August, Odesa Pride tried to hold a peaceful gathering on one of the central streets of Odesa, Ukraine.
17 Aug

Major survey on LGBTIQ youth homelessness in Europe launched

Young LGBTIQ people are experiencing homeless every day, often rejected by parents, families and society because of their sexuality or gender identities.
08 Aug

Poland: International institutions must protect LGBTI citizens and ensure the immediate release of activists

After nearly 2 years of mounting pressure, things came to a boiling point yesterday, August 7, in Warsaw.
16 Jul

ILGA-Europe, TGEU and Transvanilla welcome landmark judgement from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognising the right of refugees to legal gender recognition

Hungary had breached its obligation to protect the right to private life.
03 Jul

Revolut launch new rainbow card in partnership with ILGA-Europe

To celebrate Pride season across Europe, Revolut has released a new rainbow card.

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Welcome to ILGA-Europe

- working towards equality and human rights

for lesbian, gay, bisexual,

trans and intersex people

in Europe and Central Asia

Episode 1:

Countering the Rise of LGBTphobia in Poland

We rank 49 countries in Europe on

their legal situation for LGBTI people.

This is ILGA-Europe’s plan to

support our movement through this crisis.

Our advocacy work

Our work supporting the movement

Rainbow Europe

This website has been produced with the financial support of the Rights Equality and Citizenship (REC) programme 2014-2020 of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of ILGA-Europe and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission.

Our advocacy
work

Rainbow
Europe