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The Council of Europe standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons.
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The European Governmental LGBTI Focal Points Network (EFPN)...
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The recommendation is the first international instrument...
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The core legal obligations of States with respect to protecting the human rights of LGBTI people include obligations to: Protect LGBTI people from violence. Prevent the torture and ill treatment of LGBTI people. Repeal laws criminalizing consensual same sex relations and transgender people.
The Council of Europe’s Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights has published a new thematic factsheet on cases related to the rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people.
Equal rights for LGBTI persons. The Council of Europe standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons.
Physical attacks and extreme violence — beatings, sexual assaults, torture, killings. Harmful practices, including in medical and detention settings. More on LGBTI persons, discriminations they face, and obligations of States to protect and promote their human rights.
Gender identity and sexual orientation are still used as justifications for human rights violations around the world. This brochure describes a set of tools to be used in contacts with third countries in order to promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Around the world, lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people continue to face widespread stigma, exclusion and discrimination, including in education, employment and health care – as well as within homes and communities. Many LGBTI persons face targeted physical attacks and extreme violence—they are beaten, sexually assaulted ...