Tag: discrimination
Sri Lanka: Anti-LGBTI abuses exposed by Human Rights Watch
LGBTI group Equal Ground speaks out & urges reform.
On Two-Month Anniversary of Orlando Tragedy, Rubio Still Unwilling to Stand Up for LGBTQ Floridians
Addressing anti-LGBTQ pastors on heels of Trump speech, Rubio rails against marriage equality.
Romanian court gives green light to constitutional referendum proposing discrimination against same-sex couples
The Romanian Constitutional Court has approved a citizen’s initiative that aims to amend the constitutional definition of family to essentially shut same-sex couples out of any future recognition of their relationships.
UN Human Rights Council votes for independent expert on LGBT discrimination and violence
In a 23 against 18 vote (6 abstentions)*, the United Nations Human Rights council voted in favour of a resolution condemning violence discrimination against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
UN to appoint first LGBT rights watchdog
The UN Human Rights Council has agreed to appoint an independent investigator to help protect homosexuals and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination.
Refusal to grant a same-sex (non-EU) partner a residence permit was discrimination based on sexual orientation
The European Court of Human Rights has stated that Italy’s refusal to grant one partner in a same-sex couple a residence permit violated their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. Today (30 June 2016) the Strasbourg court held that to deny same-sex couples residence permits on ‘family grounds’ was discrimination.