In the light of the foregoing, the Assembly invites the authorities
in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to:
9.1 guarantee the right to hold public events such as Pride
marches to support the rights of LGBTI people, ensure that these
events can take place safely and protect the participants from any
violence;
9.2 promote the adoption of codes of conduct for the media
and members of parliament, prohibiting stigmatising and discriminatory
comments and hate speech targeting LGBTI people, and the use of counter-narratives
to combat LGBTI-phobic hate speech;
9.3 ensure the freedom and independence of the media and the
safety of their personnel;
9.4 conduct effective investigations and prosecute cases of
violence against LGBTI people;
9.5 adopt and implement action plans concerning discrimination
based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression
and sex characteristics with the aim of raising public awareness
about the rights of LGBTI people and their living conditions and
preventing and combating social exclusion, stigmatisation and all
forms of discrimination against LGBTI people;
9.6 improve access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and
information and raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases;
9.7 introduce rapid, transparent and accessible procedures,
based on self-determination, which allow transgender persons to
change their name and sex on birth certificates, identity cards,
passports, diplomas and similar documents; and ensure that such
procedures are clear and that the institutions responsible for this
are properly designated;
9.8 guarantee that comprehensive sexuality education is taught
in schools and ensure that it addresses the issues of gender identity
and sexual orientation, taking an inclusive approach;
9.9 carry out public information and awareness-raising activities
on the situation of LGBTI people, designed to tackle prejudice and
stigmatisation;
9.10 promote human rights education for officials of all the
public bodies concerned, for the judiciary and for law-enforcement
agencies with a view to fostering understanding of issues relating
to gender, inclusion, non-discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics;
9.11 offer members of the judiciary and law-enforcement agencies
specific and continuous training on LGBTI-phobic hate speech and
hate crime;
9.12 set up a reference framework on the effectiveness of criminal
prosecutions and judgments in this area;
9.13 promote the role and the powers of ombudsmen, guarantee
their independence, improve the financing of these institutions
so that they can perform all their tasks independently and ensure
that these tasks include combating discrimination against LGBTI
people;
9.14 continue and step up their co-operation with the relevant
Council of Europe bodies including ECRI and the SOGI Unit; and support
the implementation of action plans launched in co-operation with the
Council of Europe;
9.15 strengthen co-operation with civil society organisations
working to protect human rights, including those of LGBTI people;
guarantee their independence and protect their safety and that of
people working with them; and consult these organisations when devising,
implementing and assessing the impact of anti-discrimination activities;
9.16 consider setting up specific activities for the social
and vocational integration of LGBTI people, particularly transgender
and intersex people;
9.17 implement, through the adoption of relevant legislation
and policies, Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers
to member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds
of sexual orientation or gender identity, and actively participate
in the periodic review process conducted by the Committee of Ministers
concerning its implementation.
