The European Parliament debated and adopted resolutions on the Commission reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia at the last week’s session. In every report, there is substantial language on LGBTIQ+ issues. Key concerns per country include:
The OHCHR publication "Standards of Conduct for Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI people" launched in September 2017 provides five concrete steps that companies can take to align their policies and practices with international standards on human rights of LGBTI people.
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey in close partnership with its member organisations from Serbia: LABRIS, XY Spectrum, Geten, Da se zna!, IZAĐI and Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights - YUCOM submitted this Written Contribution to the 3rd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Republic of Serbia, which focuses on the mid-term reporting on the position of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) persons in the country. The report was assembled by ERA’s Advocacy Consultant Vuk Raičević.
"This website has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The content of the website is the sole responsibility of ERA and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union."