ILGA-Europe welcomes high prominence of fundamental rights in new European Commission
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Today Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, has announced the composition of the new European Commission.
Today Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, has announced the composition of the new European Commission.
Today, the EU 'celebrates' a sadly recurrent anniversary: six years ago, on 2 July 2008, the European Commission proposed a directive on equal treatment.
Ukraine will now need to implement its commitments
ILGA-Europe's Come Out campaign in 2014 aimed to mobilise support for human rights and LGBTI equality among the candidates for next European Parliament and European Commission.
Participants of a political debate organised by ILGA-Europe agreed that the current EU's efforts to ensure LGBTI equality are not enough and highlighted specific steps to make.
ILGA-Europe invites European politicians to discuss the human rights and LGBTI equality agenda of the next EP and EC.
The EP adopted the "Lunacek report" calling on the EC to adopt an Roadmap tackling homophobia, transphobia and SOGI discrimination.
On Tuesday 4 February, MEPs will vote on the "Lunacek report" asking the European Commission to adopt a Roadmap against SOGI discrimination.
NELFA delivered on 24 September, in Helsinki, Finland, a public petition on behalf of NELFA’s 21 national member associations asking for true freedom of movement for LGBT parents and their children in the European Union.
Today on 17 May the EU’s Agency for Fundamental Rights presented the results of the largest LGBT Survey of its kind in the world. 93,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people from the 27 EU Member States and Croatia responded and shared their experiences of discrimination, harassment and violence.