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For a ban on conversion practices

Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 16315 | 28 January 2026

Signatories:
Mr Rónán MULLEN, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Mr Pavlo BAKUNETS, Ukraine, ECPA ; Mr Adam BALTEN, Germany, ECPA ; Mr Bob De BRABANDERE, Belgium, ECPA ; Mr Ricardo DIAS PINTO, Portugal, ECPA ; Ms Elisabetta GARDINI, Italy, ECPA ; Mr Martin GRAF, Austria, ECPA ; Ms Britt HUYBRECHTS, Belgium, ECPA ; Mr Paweł JABŁOŃSKI, Poland, ECPA ; Ms Martina KEMPF, Germany, ECPA ; Mr Heinrich KOCH, Germany, ECPA ; Mr Achim KÖHLER, Germany, ECPA ; Sir Edward LEIGH, United Kingdom, ECPA ; Mr Jan Filip LIBICKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Bernardo PESSANHA, Portugal, ECPA ; Mr José María SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA, Spain, ECPA ; Ms Alexandra SCHOOS, Luxembourg, ECPA ; Mr Robert-Ionatan SIGHIARTĂU, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Ričards ŠLESERS, Latvia, NR ; Ms Victoria TIBLOM, Sweden, ECPA ; Ms Ivanka VASILEVSKA, North Macedonia, EPP/CD ; Ms Albana VOKSHI, Albania, EPP/CD ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, ECPA
Origin
2026 - First part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 9, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly affirms that nothing in this Resolution should be understood or interpreted to oppose or undermine:

(a) bona fide accredited and evidence-based medical, healthcare or counselling treatment available to any person in any member State;

(b) bona fide education or research activity aiming to understand, explain and treat any recognised condition, including gender dysphoria, on objective and evidence-based grounds;

(c) the availability and application of appropriate professional expertise to assist children affected by gender dysphoria;

(d) the value of non-affirming gender care in the treatment of gender dysphoria;

(e) the central role of parents or guardians in educating, guiding, and forming a child through instruction, advice, moral teaching or socialising, including the expression of religious, philosophical, or cultural beliefs;

(f) the central role of parents or guardians in consenting to professionally accredited medical, healthcare or counselling treatment for minors, and in choosing appropriate education for their children;

(g) the freedom of conscience of parents, children and families;

(h) the integrity of the relationship between any person and their freely chosen professional healthcare or spiritual adviser;

(i) the legitimate freedom of schools chosen by parents to educate their children according to their preferred ethos."

Explanatory note

This amendment protects, inter alia, healthcare and other professionals by upholding evidence-based best practice in healthcare and protects the rights of parents and guardians in education, socialising and matters affecting the welfare of their children.