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Protect Intersex Persons' Rights, 34 States Tell UN

In a historic first, 34 States from all regions of the world called on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently protect intersex persons in their bodily autonomy and right to health, 8 NGOs said today.

ILGA-World launches toolbox to combat 'conversion therapies'

Today ILGA World launched its Toolbox to combat so-called ‘conversion therapies’: this publication offers a clear summary of legal tools, public policy tools and key allies available to ban or restrict these harmful practices that cause so much damage, pain and loss across the world.

EU: COVID-19 underlines importance of strong fundamental rights protection

Growing intolerance and attacks on people’s fundamental rights continue to erode the considerable progress achieved over the years, finds FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2020. As Europe begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic we see a worsening of existing inequalities and threats to societal cohesion.

OII Europe launches 2019 Good Practice Map

Today, 15th of June 2020, OII Europe is proud to present the Intersex Good Practice Map 2019. The Map features 8 examples of Good Practice from the areas of resolution, data collection, research, legal protection, campaigning, awareness raising, employment and funding by national governments and municipalities and the European Commission

UN: Report on conversion therapy

The term “therapy”, derived from the Greek, denotes “healing”. However, practices of “conversion therapy” are the very opposite: they are deeply harmful interventions that rely on the medically false idea that LGBT and other gender diverse persons are sick, inflicting severe pain and suffering, and resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage.

ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map Points To Make-or-Break Moment for LGBTI Rights in Europe

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, the annual ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map shows we have come to a pivotal moment for LGBTI people’s human rights in the region.

Does hope or fear prevail among Europe’s LGBTI people?

More lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people are now open about who they are but fear, violence and discrimination remain high, show the results of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s survey on experiences of LGBTI people in Europe.

Hate Crimes Against the LGBT Community in the Commonwealth

This report outlines the nature and extent of anti-LGBT hate crime and its impact on individuals and societies in the Commonwealth, explores trends across the Commonwealth and surveys regional and country-specific case examples.

Sex work decriminalization: What is the Nordic Model?

The Nordic Model approach to prostitution (sometimes also known as the Sex Buyer Law, or the Swedish, Abolitionist, or Equality Model) decriminalises all those who are prostituted, provides support services to help them exit, and makes buying people for sex a criminal offence