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The Council of Europe, whose 46 members include Turkey and every Balkan state that belongs to it, adopted its first strategy on equal rights for LGBTI people on September 24. It runs 2027–2032 and targets disinformation, hate and weak laws.
May 17 is here. The European Union has issued its annual IDAHOBIT statement, the Council of Europe is convening foreign ministers in Copenhagen, and the global theme — At the Heart of Democracy — is doing more work than usual. A day-of look at what is actually happening.
On May 23, 2023, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Romania had violated the rights of 21 same-sex couples by refusing to give their relationships any legal status. Three years on, Romania still has no civil partnership law — and the Council of Europe is running out of patience.
