24/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
At the end of a hearing on the situation of transgender persons, the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination decided to further discuss the issue with a view to improve the situation of transgender persons particularly in the fields of health care, transphobic hate crime and gender recognition.
16/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
To mark the International Day against Homophobia (May 17), Håkon Haugli, General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement: “On 17 May 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases...
10/05/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC), PACE rapporteur of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Kyiv on 15-16 May 2013 in the framework of the preparation of his report on "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity".
18/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Sport should lead by example in combating racism, PACE's Equality Committee said today in a declaration ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March).
18/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Some Council of Europe member states are "squarely slipping back" towards greater discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity, according to PACE rapporteur Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC), speaking on the eve of a major conference on freedom of expression for LGBT people to take place in Warsaw on Tuesday 19 March.
13/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Freedom of expression for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people – including their right to organise marches and rallies – will be the theme of a parliamentary conference in Warsaw on Tuesday 19 March 2013, organised by the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination in co-operation with the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament.
01/03/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC), PACE rapporteur on "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity", ended today a three-day fact-finding visit to Hungary, During his visit, discussions focused on the developments in Hungarian legislation and their possible impact on the situation of LGBT people, as well as on the implementation of the existing anti-discrimination regulations.
25/02/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Håkon Haugli (Norway, SOC) will make a fact-finding visit to Budapest from 27 February to 1 March in the framework of the preparation of his report on "Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity".
11/02/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I am deeply concerned by the entry into force of a law imposing mediation for all forms of violence against women in Romania,” declared José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD), the PACE general rapporteur on violence against women..."
05/02/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I welcome the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence by Albania on 4 February and Portugal on 5 February 2013. I sincerely hope they will be followed by more states in the coming months,” declared José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD), PACE general rapporteur on violence against women.
28/01/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Andrea Rigoni (Italy, ALDE), PACE member of the Equality and Non-Discrimination Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Sweden on 29-30 January as part of the preparation of his report on “Parental leave as a way to foster gender equality”.
24/01/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“I was outraged to learn that a peaceful, authorised demonstration in support of freedom of expression and against a bill to prohibit so-called ‘homosexual propaganda’ was violently disrupted in the city of Voronezh in southwest Russia”, today said Håkon Haugli, PACE General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people.