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For a ban on conversion practices

Amendment No. 4 | Doc. 16315 | 28 January 2026

Signatories:
Mr Bob De BRABANDERE, Belgium, ECPA ; Mr Vladimir ĐORĐEVIĆ, Serbia, ECPA ; Mr Martin GRAF, Austria, ECPA ; Ms Britt HUYBRECHTS, Belgium, ECPA ; Mr Paweł JABŁOŃSKI, Poland, ECPA ; Ms Victoria TIBLOM, Sweden, ECPA ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, ECPA
Origin
2026 - First part-session
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 1 with the following paragraph:

"Conversion practices, also referred to as conversion therapies or reparative therapies, are measures or efforts aimed at changing, repressing or suppressing a person’s sexual orientation, based on the false belief that such orientation is pathological or undesirable, or can be changed."

Explanatory note

This amendment removes ideologically contested and medically undefined concepts from the scope of the resolution and confines it to sexual orientation, where a clear scientific and legal consensus exists.