The Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe uses interparliamentary cooperation to promote full and effective equality for LGBTI persons throughout the continent.
It brings together MPs from national and observer delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and its partners for democracy, enabling them to press for change and work together on a wide range of activities to engage governments, inspire new laws and raise awareness among a broader public on these issues. It is coordinated by the Assembly’s General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI persons.
The creation of the Platform followed the adoption of Assembly Resolution 2417 (2022), which condemned the recent rise in stigmatising, dehumanising attacks against LGBTI persons and the backsliding in LGBTI rights seen in some countries.
Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Council of Europe Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Unit
United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
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TweetsOn 12 September 2025, PACE held a high-level conference in Malta, on “Ensuring equality for rainbow families in Europe.” The event was organised by the Parliamentary Platform for the Rights of LGBTI Persons in Europe, together with the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Maltese Delegation to PACE, under the auspices of the Maltese Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The conference brought together parliamentarians, civil society representatives, legal experts and institutional actors to discuss how to ensure equal rights and legal recognition for rainbow families across Europe. Participants exchanged good practices, examined legal and policy challenges and explored ways to strengthen European standards in this field.
Learn more about the conference here.
Programme - Conference on "Addressing violence and discrimination against LBQ women" (04/12/2024)
PACE launches its new Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people (21/06/2022)
PACE creates new parliamentary platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe (29/04/2022)
Brochure – Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe
03/12/2025 - Equality and Non-Discrimination
Committee calls for ban on conversion practices
19/11/2025 - Equality and Non-Discrimination
'Questioning the presence of transgender persons in our societies is an attack on human rights'
24/10/2025 - Equality and Non-Discrimination
Intersex persons: end discrimination and serious violations of their physical integrity
15/09/2025 - Equality and Non-Discrimination
Ensuring equality for rainbow families is a ‘cross-border imperative’
12/09/2025 - Equality and Non-Discrimination
Malta to host conference on ensuring equality for rainbow families
Ms Kate OSBORNE (United Kingdom, SOC), General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI persons and Coordinator of the Platform
General Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons
Resolution 2576 (2024) "Preventing and combating violence and discrimination against lesbian, bisexual and queer women in Europe"
Resolution 2543 (2024) "Freedom of expression and assembly of LGBTI people in Europe"
Resolution 2417 and Recommendation 2220 (2022)“Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe”
Resolution 2418 (2022) “Alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people in the Southern Caucasus”
Resolution 2239 (2018) "Private and family life: achieving equality regardless of sexual orientation"
Resolution 2230 (2018) et Recommendation 2138 (2018) "Persecution of LGBTI people in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation)"
Resolution 2191 (2017) et Recommendation 2116 (2017) "Promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people"
Resolution 2048 (2015) "Discrimination against transgender people in Europe"
Resolution 1948 (2013) et Recommendation 2021 (2013) "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity"
Resolution 1728 (2010) et Recommendation 1915 (2010) "Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity"
