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A new Aleanca LGBTI study found that 86% of discrimination incidents against LGBTQI students went unreported, and the Council of Europe's ECRI says the school climate for LGBTI young people in Albania appears to have worsened. Here's what the research shows, and what would change it.
In more than half of the violent incidents Zagreb Pride documented, police or courts failed to recognise the hate motive. Five years after Europe's human rights court ruled against Croatia over a €40 fine for a homophobic attack, activists say not enough has changed.
Serbia's human rights minister says a Law on Same-Sex Unions is being prepared and could move 'in spring', with a public roundtable promised. Then snap elections were called for October 25. Here's where the law really stands, and why couples have heard this before.
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.
