Important votes by the European Parliament 2009-2014
Find here links to important resolutions, reports and other votings of the European Parliament 2009-2014 which are relevant to the rights of LGBTI people.
Fundamental rights in the EU
- Report on fundamental rights in the EU, including LGBT rights [1], Monika Flašíková Beňová (rapporteur), 12 December 2012. Find voting list here [2].
- Resolution on homophobia in Europe [3], 24 May 2012. Find voting list here [4].
- Resolution on the revised Hungarian constitution [5], 5 July 2011.
- Resolution on Lithuania’s homophobic draft laws [6], 19 January 2011
Human rights in the world
- Report on Human rights in the world 2013 [7], Eduard Kukan (rapporteur), 11 December 2013. Find voting list here [8].
- European Parliament on the EU-ACP partnership with reservations about human rights in relation to sexual orientation [9], 13 June 2013
- Resolution in order to condemn Russia’s federal censorship law [10], 12 June 2013
- Resolution on the negotiations of the new EU-Russia Agreement [11], 13 December 2012. Find voting list here [12].
- Resolution on the situation in Ukraine [13], 13 December 2012. Find voting list here [14]
- Report on Human rights in the world with a focus on sexual orientation and gender identity [15], Leonidas Donskis (rapporteur), 13 December 2012. Find voting list here [16].
- Resolution on violence against lesbian women and the rights of LGBTI people in Africa [17], 5 July 2012. Find voting list here [18].
- Recommendation to EU Council on the future EU human rights ambassador [19], 31 May 2012
- Resolution on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World [20], 18 April 2012. Find voting list here [21].
- Resolution on the situation in Nigeria [22], 15 March 2012
- Resolution on the upcoming presidential election in Russia [23], 16 February 2012
- Resolution on joining a UN call for safeguarding the human rights of LGBT people in the world [24], 28 September 2011. Find voting list here [25].
- Resolution on Russia [26] in regards to the sixth consecutive year ban of pride events in Moscow, and reminds Russia of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, 9 June 2011. Find voting list here [27].
- Resolutions on EU relations with Iran, and EU action at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council [28], 10 March 2011. Find voting list here [29].
- Resolution following the death of Ugandan activist David Kato [30], 17 February 2011. Find voting list here [31].
- Annual report on human rights in the world [32] (with a particular emphasis on human rights violations on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity), 16 December 2010. Find voting list here [33].
- Response statement on commitment to respectful relationship with ACP countries, including human rights [34], 28 September 2010
- Resolution on denouncing Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill [35], 17 December 2009 (find voting list here [35]), and an urgency resolution [36] on the same topic, 17 December 2010
EU Enlargement – reports from 2013
Each year the European Parliament reviews accession process. The European Parliament adopted resolutions on the 2012 Progress Reports from the European Commission:
- Albania [37], 13 December 2012
- Bosnia and Herzegovina [38], 6 February 2014
- Croatia [39], 18 April 2013
- FYR Macedonia [40], 6 February 2014
- Kosovo [41], 16 January 2014
- Montenegro [42], 6 February 2014
- Serbia [43], 16 January 2014
- Turkey [44], 18 April 2013
Structural funds and financial support
- Adoption of EU financial package on rights and equality for 2014-2020 [45], Kinga Göncz (rapporteur), 10 December 2013. Find voting list here [46].
- Resolution on EU fund for employment and social inclusion to combat discrimination [47], Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (rapporteur), 20 November 2013. Find voting list here [48].
- Resolution on the Multi-annual programme 2010-2014 [49] regarding the area of freedom, security and justice, known as the Stockholm Programme, 25 November 2009. Find voting list here [49].
Freedom of movement and Family
- Vote on Matrimonial property regimes (563 v. 21 votes - find voting list here) [50] and partnerships (538 v 34 votes - find voting list here) [51], Alexandra Thein (rapporteur), 10 September 2013
- Resolution on the EU Citizenship Report 2010: Dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens' rights, 29 March 2012. Find voting list here [52].
- Resolution on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments in matters of succession and the creation of a European Certificate of Succession [53], 13 March 2012. Find voting list here [54].
- Report on civil, commercial, family and private international law [55] (strongly supports plans to enable the mutual recognition of the effects of civil status documents, and stresses the need to ensure mutual recognition), Luigi Berlinguer (rapporteur), 24 September 2010
Non-discrimination
- Report on EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity [56], Ulrike Lunacek (rapporteur), 4 February 2014. Find voting list here [57]
- Report on the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services [58], Zita Gurmai (rapporteur), 25 February 2013.
- Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2011 [59], 13 March 2012. Find voting list here [60].
- Resolution against homophobia (430 v 105), 24 May 2012 [4]
- Resolution on urging the Council of the European Union to adopt the horizontal anti-discrimination directive [61], 26 October 2011.
- Report on equality between women and men in the European Union [62], (the European Parliament said the situation of lesbian and bisexual women, as well as that of transgender people, deserves specific attention), 8 March 2011
- Report evaluating the European Union’s 2006-2010 Roadmap for equality between women and men [63] (calls for more explicit measures to combat discrimination based on gender identity), Ilda Figueiredo (rapporteur), 17 June 2010. Find voting list here [64].
Hate speech and hate crime
- Resolution on homophobic crime and speech in the EU [65], authored by 6 political groups, 14 March 2013
- Report on EU law to protect victims of crime due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression [66], Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Antonyia Parvanova (rapporteurs), 18 July 2012
Asylum
- Adoption of the EU asylum directive [67], Jean Lambert (rapporteur), 27 November 2011. Find voting list here [68].
- European Parliament position on Procedure Directive, [69] Sylvie Guillaume (rapporteur), 6 April 2011 (314 v 306). Find voting list here [70].
Health
- Rapport on Sexual and reproductive health and rights [71], Edite Estrela (rapporteur), 10 December 2013 (334 v. 327). Find voting list here [71].
- Resolution on calling WHO to stop considering trans people as mentally ill [72], 28 September 2011.