The Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe uses interparliamentary cooperation to promote full and effective equality for LGBTI people 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 people.
The creation of the Platform followed the adoption of Assembly Resolution 2417 (2022), which condemned the recent rise in stigmatising, dehumanising attacks against LGBTI people 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
Invitation - hearing of the Platform for the rights of LGBTI people (03/10/2024)
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
‘Make equal rights, freedom and justice for all a political priority (17/05/2024)
‘Stop causing serious physical harm to intersex persons’, says PACE General Rapporteur (25/10/2023)
“On 17 May and every day, we stand firm against LGBTI-phobia,” says PACE Committee (16/05/2022)
Mediabox interview on the creation of the Platform (24 June 2022) (in French)
Rights of LGBTI people: progress made is today under threat (31 January 2022)
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TweetsMs Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO (Monaco, ADLE), General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI people and Coordinator of the Platform
General Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people
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"
