Europe's Towns and Regions Want to Strenghten LGBT Rights

Posted on 28. March 2015 in Work with Institutions, Violence & Hate Speech, General Health, Law, discrimination & human rights, Non-Discrimination, Stigma & Backlash

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities debated and adopted the resolution and recommendation presented by Yoomi Renström (Sweden, SOC) on “Guaranteeing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people’s rights: a responsibility for Europe’s towns and regions”. The texts call on local and regional authorities to mobilise

against the discrimination of all kinds which LGBT people suffer at local level and to introduce policies more respectful of their rights.

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is a pan-European political assembly, the 636 members of which hold elective office (they may be regional or municipal councillors, mayors or presidents of regional authorities) representing over 200,000 authorities in 47 European states.