The Council of Europe standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons.
23 Jun 2020 09:12:00Online 30 June 2020 (10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.)
On June 30th, As part of the Pride-week celebrations, the Council of Europe SOGI Unit will host a...
19 Jun 2020 10:05:00
Report by ILGA-Europe: COVID-19 impacts on LGBTI communities in Europe and Central Asia: A rapid assessment report
On June 19th, ILGA Europe published a report entitled “COVID-19 impacts on LGBTI communities in...
09 Jun 2020 11:31:00
On May 20th and June 4th, the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Unit (SOGI) hosted the 24th...
All children have the right to safe and quality education, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or sex characteristics. In the last decade, national education sectors in most Council of Europe member States started or continued responding to violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or sex characteristics (SOGIESC-based violence). This report provides an overview of this violence in European schools, explores how member States seek to prevent or address it, and makes recommendations to national education sectors to better do so.