Tag: Human Rights
EU Parliament calls on Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania to respect LGBTI rights
In the last of its annual progress reports on accession countries, the European Parliament evaluated the situation in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, including the situation of LGBTI people.
European Parliament speaks out for LGBTI human rights defenders Honduras
In a resolution adopted today, the European Parliament has expressed its deep concern at the climate of extreme violence against LGBTI people and activists and called for measures to address the situation.
EU/CoE : inter-ministerial working groups for LGBT issues
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), Thorbjørn Jagland, met today in Brussels for the signature ceremony of the finalisation of the EU/CoE Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey. They made the following statement:
Scotland’s First Minister to address gay rights with Ghana’s leader
The First Minister is expected to raise the issue of gay rights with the President of Ghana during his visit to Holyrood today.
Transgender rights are controlled by old-fashioned thoughts
The Norwegian society’s view of sex and gender roles have changed a lot since the world’s first person changed sex in the 1930s. How people are allowed to change legal gender however, has been almost unchanged.
European Parliament gravely concerned over situation LGBTI people in Crimea
Last Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Crimea and the severe restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly.