

As a European organisation we address ourselves primarily towards the European institutions of the European Union and the Council of Europe. We also work with the United Nations to advance the trans people’s rights in Europe but also globally.
The European Union has (limited) competence in a number of fields. EU law covers trans people currently in employment, access to goods & services as victims of crime and as asylum seekers. However, if it championed trans rights in these 10 key areas, it could considerably contribute to advancing trans people’s human rights and living situtations.
The European Commission has clarified that existent EU sex discrimination law should be interpreted as to protect all trans people against discrimination. So far, trans people are not directly mentioned ...
In a judgment delivered on May 12, 2015, Identoba and Others v. Georgia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) clarified that all trans people are protected against discrimination on ...