LGBT rights Archives - Rule of Law Platform

01 Dec ECRI published recommendations on preventing and combating intolerance and discrimination against LGBTI persons

Posted at 01 Dec 2023 in LGBT rights, Discrimination

In September 2023 the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe published General Policy Recommendation No. 17 on preventing and combating intolerance and discrimination against LGBTI...

14 Nov State’s obligation to protect LGBT members from homophobic acts of violence and to investigate those crimes

Posted at 14 Nov 2023 in LGBT rights, Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 11 (right to freedom of assembly), Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination)

The case of Romanov and Others v. Russia (application no. 58358/14, 12.9.2023) relates to the claimed failure of the State to provide protection for eleven applicants belonging to the lesbian,...

20 Sep Recognition of same-sex unions

Posted at 20 Sep 2023 in LGBT rights, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), Access to justice

In the case of Buhuceanu and Others v. Romania (applications nos. 20081/19 and 20 others, 23.05.2023) the European Court of Human Rights held, by 5 votes to 2, that there...

09 Aug ILGA Europe criticises Western Balkans for backward steps on LGBT rights

Posted at 09 Aug 2023 in North Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, LGBT rights, Montenegro

Europe’s LGBT rights organisation, ILGA Europe has criticised Serbia and Turkey for their handling of LGBT community rights in its latest Rainbow Map and Index published on 11.05.2023. The report says...

31 Mar Execution of the ECHR judgments in North Macedonia

Posted at 31 Mar 2023 in North Macedonia, Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 (freedom of movement), LGBT rights, Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Familiy, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)

On 13 and 14 February 2023, the Execution Department carried out a mission to North Macedonia on the implementation of several ECHR judgments pending implementation before the Committee of Ministers,...

02 Mar The authorities’ refusal to replace the term “male” by the term “neutral” or “intersex” on the birth certificate in line with Article 8 of the Convention

Posted at 02 Mar 2023 in LGBT rights, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), Access to justice

In the case of Y v. France (application no. 76888/17, 31.01.2023) the European Court of Human Rights held, by six votes to one, that there had been no violation of...

20 Feb Labelling of a children’s book as harmful solely on the basis of its LGBTI content is a violation of the Convention

Posted at 20 Feb 2023 in ▶ Children’s rights, LGBT rights, Article 10 (right to freedom of expression)

In the case of Macatė v. Lithuania (application no. 61435/19, 23.01.2023) the European Court held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the...

20 Dec The child’s right to private life violated by the lack of provision for alternative ways of recognizing children born to same-sex couples through surrogacy

Posted at 20 Dec 2022 in LGBT rights, Familiy, Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)

In the case of D.B. and Others v. Switzerland (applications nos. 58817/15 and 58252/15, 22.11.2022) the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority of six votes to one,...

05 Dec The new BiH action plan for improving the rights and freedoms of LGBT people

Posted at 05 Dec 2022 in LGBT rights, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina unveiled its first ever strategy to improve the rights and freedoms of LGBT people in October, a step towards bringing human rights protections in the country into...

23 Aug Serbian Bishop cursed the LBGT population

Posted at 23 Aug 2022 in Serbia, LGBT rights, Discrimination

A Serbian Orthodox bishop has been criticised for saying the forthcoming Europe Pride event in Belgrade will “desecrate” Belgrade, and saying he wished he could take up a weapon to...