Category: Europe – LGBTQ Rights
ILGA-Europe’s reaction to the European Commission’s proposal on property right of married and registered couples: cautious welcome
Today the European Commission launched a communication proposing two regulations dealing with property rights for bi-national married and registered couples. These proposals do not encroach on EU Member States sovereignty on domestic family law matter, but merely provide a framework for the applications of existing law on property regimes alone.
Turkish goverment has blocked gay community
If you have been watching CNN International lately, the Turkish government runs an ad to get businesses to invest in Turkey. But who wanna invest in a country that ignore LGBT-rights ? Turkish government have just blocked Turkey’s biggest and only gay community site.
Hungary’s draft constitution: A worrying signal for the EU Presidency
Hungary’s new constitution could restrict the national definition of family to fertile, heterosexual couples; deny protection from discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity; and prevent access to abortion, it emerged yesterday. Hungary currently holds the Presidency of the European Union until June 2011.
Turkey and Montenegro: LGBT rights part of EU accession conditions
March 9, 2011, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on Turkey and Montenegro’s progress towards joining the European Union. The Parliament said that more steps are required to bring the two countries in line with EU standards in the field of non‑discrimination.
European Parliament urges Lithuania to reject proposed homophobic law
Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging Lithuanian Parliament to reject proposed amendments to the country’s Code of Administrative Offences introducing an offence of ‘promotion of homosexual relations’ punishable with a fine of €580 to €2,900.
ILGA-Europe’s welcomes the prominence of LGBT human rights issues in the European Commission’s progress reports on accession and pre-accession countries
On 9 November, 2010 the Commission issued its 2010 Progress Reports on Croatia, Iceland, the FYR of Macedonia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo*. The progress reports on Albania and Montenegro are replaced this year by the Commission’s Opinions on the readiness of the two countries to start accession negotiations. The documents highlight the progress made by accession and pre-accession countries towards the EU integration.