The first ten letters are only dealing with COE and CSCE. Number 1 from January 91, number 2 February 1991 and number 3 May 1991 and so on up to 10. All these are in the index named L and the number.
One EC-letter was sent out in 1992. It is named EC in the index.
The remaining EuroLetters are named with the number in the index.
You can find EuroLetters from number 30 onwards here in pdf-format and here in html-format.
Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights
--Background material 70
--Call for action 70
----Draft letter 70
--Danish contact with rapporteur (Mr. Espersen) on the item 12
--Decisions from European Conference '90 L1
--Draft protocol broadening the anti-discrimination provisions published by
the Committee of Ministers 73
--Historic vote at CoE proposes measure to counter homophobia 76
--Historic vote in favour of lesbian & gay rights at CoE 83
--Hosi Wien in contact with Austrian members L10
--Letter from
----Amnesty International 9
--Letters to
----Amnesty International 6
----British members of the Parliamentarian Assembly L3
----International Commission of Jurists 6
----International Federation on Human Rights 6
----The Legal Committee 9
--List of material sent to the rapporteur Mr. Espersen L5
--Lobbying campaign for the end June debates in the Parliamentary Assembly
on lesbian & gay issues 80
--Minutes from World Conference '92 7
--Mr. Espersen appointed rapporteur to the Legal Committee L4
----Mr. Espersen contacted by several organisations 11
----Mr. Espersen is provided with information 13
--Motion for a recommendation L2
--Procedure for adopting the protocol L2
--Proposed additional protocol broadening article 14 of the European Convention
on Human Right: The need for express inclusion of "sexual orientation" 70
--Re-introduction at the European Conference '95 38
--Re-introduction at the European Conference '93 22
--Report from COC on talks with the Dutch Foreign Ministry 18
--Resolution by NGOs to the Council of Europe L2
--Resolution (enclosed) forwarded the Parliamentary Assembly 8
--Resolution from Youth Forum of the European Community L3
----International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth L3
--Sexual orientation discrimination endemic in Europe concludes report to CoE 78
Adoption
(see also Children)
(see also Joint custody of children)
--Denmark
----Adoption rights to gay & lesbian couples 70
--Iceland
----Adoption of stepchildren in gay & lesbian families 80
--Netherlands
----Approves gay marriage rights 82
------Dutch gay marriage 88
------Dutch marriage law 86
------English translation of the law 83
------Latest news about same-sex marriage 85
------Lesbian partners get full responsibility for children 93
------Partnership in the Netherlands 87
------Website on adoption 92
----Bill allowing same sex adoption 72, 71
----Cabinet oks gay adoption 65
----Court allows adoption for unmarried people 33
----Dutch may allow adoption by Gays 55
----Government committed to opening up adoption to same-sex couples 62
----Government in favour of adoption by same-sex marriage 57
----Law reform in progress 67
----Lesbian adoption rejected 53
----Parliament in favour of same-sex adoption 42
----Parliament repeats call for adoption - but no legislation 59
----Resolution on adoption 41
----Resolution on adoption by same-sex couples 42
----Resolution on adoption of foreign children 42
--Sweden
----Adoption rights for gay couples on the horizon 53
----Parliamentary committee on children of lesbians & gays 68
----Sweden may legalize adoption by homosexual couples 86
--UK
----UK to accept adoption by gay couples 79
Age of Consent
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
(see the Country)
--Age of consent in European countries 60
--European Commission on Human Rights finds violation 54
--European Union
---- European wide criminalization of juvenile sexuality up to 18 91
AIDS
--Council of Europe
----CoE letter to EUROCASO L5
----Model aids legislation 7,6
------Task: finding out the status of model aids legislation L1
--European Union
----EU proposal for health funding 39
----EU proposal on HIV and aids 31
------Aids proposal in the EU 30
----Europe against aids programme EC,L10
--Ireland
----New HIV prevention initiative for gay men 51
----Report on HIV/aids and the gay community published 43
--Russia
----Aids control legislation
------Iron curtain closes against HIV-positives 38
------New aids law passes 32
------Russia will test foreigners for HIV 33
--United Kingdom
----British Airways will not hire HIV-positives 52
Albania
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Amnesty International protest letter 29
--COE membership
----ILGA lobbying letter 26
----ILGA lobbying letter to Albania 27
------Useful addresses 27
----Rapporteurs to the CoE 22
----Swedish government promise to be aware of human rights 30
--Gay Albania Society (gay group) 29, 25
--Legal situation of gays and lesbians in Albania 26
----Actions to be taken 26
----Gay Albania Society 26
----Penal code 26
----Penal code reform 26
--Official recognition of gay group 34
--Penal code 29,23
--Penal code legalize homosexuality 31
--Police harassment, ILGA press release 29
Alecos Modinos Case
(see Test cases, Cyprus)
Amnesty International
--Amnesty International working against laws punishing sexual relations
between men in the Commonwealth of Independent States 54
--Amnesty: UK should repeal anti-gay laws 61
Amsterdam Treaty
(see European Union)
Anti-Discrimination law
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Belgium: Anti-discrimination law tabled in parliament 42
--CoE
----Historic vote in favour of lesbian & gay rights 83
--European Union
----Anti-discrimination clause in the new proposal for EU Treaty 51
----New EU directives on anti-discrimination promised 66
--Finland pass an anti-discrimination law 36
--Iceland pass an anti-discrimination law 47
--Ireland
----Anti-discrimination legislation comes into force 84
--Latvia discussion on an anti-discrimination law 41
--Luxembourg law lists "sexual orientation" 53
--Netherlands pass an anti-discrimination law 30,4
--Polish constitution without anti-discrimination for gays and lesbians 51
--Portugal discuss anti-discrimination clause in the constitution 41
--Slovenia penal code prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation 42
--Spain penal code recognize the right of sexual orientation 37
The Antilles
(See The Netherlands)
Armed forces
(see Military)
Armenia
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Armenia to join Council of Europe 60
----CoE pressure brings progress for lesbian, gay & bisexual rights in Europe 81
------The accession of Armenia to the CoE 81
----ILGA lobbying letter 60
Asylum Seekers
(see also Refugee)
--Council of Europe
----Debate on asylum & immigration rights for bi-national same-sex couples 81
----Lobbying campaign for the end June debates in the Parliamentary Assembly
on lesbian & gay issues 80
--European Union
----Letter to and from the Commission 21
--Fact sheet produced 17
--Germany: Court grants Romanian gay asylum 22
--ILGA information paper on gay/lesbian asylum seekers 16
--Ireland: Sexual orientation as a ground for asylum 37
--Latvia: Asylum made possible for persecuted homosexuals 62
--Norway: Asylum for lesbians & gay men 54
--Sweden
----Denies asylum to Iranian and Algerian gay men 33
----Protest letter to be written 33
----Welcomes abused foreign gays 47
--UK to welcome gay asylum seekers 69
Austria
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--11 men jailed under anti-gay statute 69
--Action appeal 42
----Response from Austrian Embassy in Sweden 43
--Administrative Court opens marriage for transsexuals 58
--Age of consent law unchanged 46
--Anti-discrimination law enforced 59
--Appeals court legalizes gay pornography 85
--Austria celebrates Year of Human Rights while persecuting gay men 57
--Ban on associations repealed 46
--Ban on information repealed 46
--Complaint against discriminatory age of consent filed with UN-committee for the
Convention on the Rights of the child 61
--Criminal persecution of gay men at new peak 73
--Government propose two pro-gay candidates for the new Court of Human Rights 55
--Housing
----Supreme Court makes gay and lesbians homeless 50
----Vienna City government is progressive 50
--Law reform postponed 40, 39
--Parliament fails to reform age of consent law 62
--Persecution on gay men 40
----Two cases put to Strasbourg 57
------Update 65
--Pride Parade in Vienna 39
--The situation of ethnic & social minorities 62
--Test case
----Age of consent cases declared admissible by European Court of Human Rights 94
----Test case rejected by Human Rights Commission 36
----Two cases put to Strasbourg 57
------Update 65
--UN-committee on the rights of the child suggest to extend discrimination of gay
adolescents to lesbian adolescents 68
----Protest letter 68
--UN-high commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson, in Vienna.
Patron of minorities 62
----Oral presentation to Mrs. Robinson 62
--UN Human Rights Committee requests Austria to repeal article 209 66
--Update 57
Azerbaijan
--CoE pressure brings progress for lesbian, gay & bisexual rights in Europe 81
----The accession of Azerbaijan to the CoE 81
--Parliament lifts ban on sex between men 81
Baltic Countries
(see also the Specific Country)
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Europride hearing in Copenhagen 43
Ban on gay sex worldwide 46
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
Belarus
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--CoE membership
----Information wanted 23
----Names of rapporteurs 22
--Legislation
----Ban on homosexuality has been lifted 43
----Decriminalisation confirmed 65
----Decriminalisation is still not confirmed 57
----Information wanted 23
Belgium
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Anti discrimination law proposed in the parliament 42
--Custody 69
--Gay marriage
----Belgian response to partnership proposal (Newspaper article) 43
----Bill to reduce inheritance tax for registered partners 51
----Circular on same-sex partnership 58
----Council of State bases objection to same-sex marriage on a report from 1803 94
----Foreign same-sex partners can obtain permit to live in Belgium 54
----Guidelines from the Ministry of Internal Affairs about domestic partnership 57
----Partner law unpopular 80
----Partnership bill progress (newspaper article) 43
----Partnership recognized in Belgian cities 37, 36
----Permit to live in Belgium 54
----Present situation of partnership regulations 66
----Same-sex marriage bill 90
-----FWH press release 90
----Statutory cohabitation contract in Belgium 75
----Test case 69
--Government campaign 69
--Immigration
----Circular on same-sex partnership & immigration 58
----Foreign same-sex partners can obtain permit to live in Belgium 54
----Guidelines from the Ministry of Internal Affairs about domestic partnership 57
--New Government coalition promises legal breakthrough 73
Book
--“After Amsterdam: Sexual Orientation and the EU” 74
--Book on legal status of sexual minorities in Russia 93
--"Equality for Lesbians & Gay Men - a relevant Issue in the Civil
& Social Dialogue" 62, 61
----Spanish version 63
--"HIV prevention strategies and the Gay Community:
Phase one report - a baseline study" 43
--"Homosexuality - a Community Issue"
(see "Homosexuality - a Community Issue")
--“Legal recognition of same-sex partnerships: a study of national,
European & international law 92
--"Lesbian Visibility"
(see "Lesbian Visibility")
--"Public Scandals: Gays and lesbians face state-condoned
violence and legalized abuse in Romania" 57
--"Sexual Orientation and Human Rights" 48
--"Sexuality, Youth Protection & Human Rights" 57
Bosnia-Herzegovina
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Decriminalised homosexuality in 1998 71
Bulgaria
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Anti-gay police action 43
--EU steps up pressure on Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, & Romania to repeal laws
which discriminate against lesbians, gays & bisexuals 91
--Penal code & homosexuality 56
--Research on “Bulgarian & International legislation about homosexuals” 94
Canada
--Partner bill passes House of Commons 79
Cases to the European Court of Human Rights
(see Test Cases)
Cases to the European Court of Justice
(see Test Cases)
Catalonia
(see also Spain)
--Catalonia has granted domestic partnership rights 61
Cayman Islands
(see United Kingdom)
Chechnya
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Death penalty for homosexuals? 45
Children
(see also Adoption)
(see also European Convention on the Rights of the Child)
(see also Family)
--Custody
----Belgian case 69
----Portugal
------Test Case on gay parenting accepted by the European Court of Human Right 72
--------Judgment 76
--Insemination
----Danish Parliament bans assisted insemination for lesbians 51
----Denmark nixes lesbian insemination 61
--Joint guardianship
----Iceland partnership law includes joint custody 42, 41
----Netherlands
------Bill proposal on parental authority 42
------Lesbian partners get full responsibility for children 93
----Sweden: Parliamentary committee on children of lesbians & gays 68
--“Rainbow families” – release of a brochure concerning same-sex parents 94
Church
--Cyprus
----Archbishop blasts Euro court on gay sex 59
--Denmark
----Gay/lesbian church wedding? 50
--Italy
----Ceremony for gay couples brings church denunciation 41
----Italian gays outraged by church advice to voters 41
--Netherlands
----Dutch church embraces gays 33
--Poland
----Catholic church seeks influence on new constitution 35
Citizens Charter
--European Parliament ask the Commission to protect human rights 4,2
Civil Liberties & Equal Treatment of L/G in the EC
(See Roth Report)
Civil Union
(see Gay Marriage)
Code of Practice on Measures to Combat Sexual Harassment
--Press Release from "Stonewall" EC
--Recommendation issued by the Commission (enclosed) 1
----Correction 2
Committee of the Regions, Miniguide to 26
Commonwealth of Independent States
(see also Country-by-Country Survey)
--Amnesty International working against laws punishing sexual relations between
men in the Commonwealth of Independent States 54
--Update on the legal situation concerning homosexuality
in the successor republics to the former Soviet Union 55
Council of Europe (CoE)
(see also Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights)
--Asylum seekers
----Debate on asylum & immigration rights for bi-national same-sex couples 81
----Lobbying campaign for the end June debates in the Parliamentary Assembly
on lesbian & gay issues 80
--Background Information on the COE 78, 71
--CoE pressure brings progress for lesbian, gay & bisexual rights in Europe 81
----Debate on the situation of lesbians and gays in Europe 81
--Commemorative Ceremony for the 50th anniversary of
the European Convention on Human Rights 85
----Speeches 85
--Election of new Secretary General 71
--Exclusion, equality before the law (Seminar-invitation) 27
--Historic statement regrets continuing discrimination against lesbians
& gay 92
--Historic vote in favour of lesbian & gay rights 83
----Recommendation 1474 from the Parliamentary Assembly to the
Committee of Ministers 83
--Historic vote proposes measure to counter homophobia 77
--ILGA as NGO
----Application for NGO status with CoE '95 32
------Amnesty International, lobbying letter to 6
------Application to be sent August '93 18
------Application to be sent June '93 13, 12
------Decision to apply for NGO status December '94 30
------Decision to postpone the application November '94 29
------ILGA granted consultative status 57
------International Commission of Jurists, lobbying letter 6
------Int. Federation on Human Rights, lobbying letter to 6
------NGO status to ILGA in 3 month 55
------Paedophilia
--------Paedophile group expelled from ILGA 26
--------Question and answer to ILGA from the CoE 43
------Resolution on relations between CoE and NGOs '94 22
--------Modalities of co-operation 22
--------Procedure for the granting of consultative status 22
--------Rules for consultative status 22
--------Withdrawal of consultative status 22
------Status December '95 38
----Application for NGO status with CoE '89 7
------Answer (rejection) 7
------Reminder April '90 7
--------Answer June '90 7
--ILGA letter to the Commission against racism & intolerance 32
--Immigration
----Debate on asylum & immigration rights for bi-national same-sex couples 81
----Lobbying campaign for the end June debates in the Parliamentary Assembly
on lesbian & gay issues 80
--Lobbying campaign for the end June debates in the Parliamentary Assembly
on lesbian & gay issues 80
--Member states 21, 11, L2
--Membership application in general
(see also the Specific Country)
----CoE pressure brings progress for lesbian, gay & bisexual rights in Europe 81
----Halonen Resolution on new members of the CoE 21
------Report on the follow up February '95 31
----Lobbying efforts February '93 13
----Lobbying letter to the Department of Legal Affairs '92 1
----Lobbying letter to the Directorate of Human Rights '92 1
----Lobbying letter to Peter Leubrecht November '91 L10
------Draft letter L6
--------Draft letter response L8
----Minutes July '92 7
----Monitoring laws of the applicants January '93 12
----Procedure of lobbying the Parliamentarian Assembly 17, 5
----Relations between CoE and the countries of Eastern and Central Europe 11
----Strategy towards CoE L5, L4, L1
----Venice Commission 31
----Written declaration in the Parliamentarian Assembly 14
--Protection of minorities, newspaper article February '92 5
--Recommendation 1474 from the Parliamentary Assembly
to the Committee of Ministers 83
--“Sexual preference” in resolution from Committee of Ministers 92
--Structure
----ILGA background and lobbying efforts 30
----Will human right by ignored in election for Europe's top human rights job? 65
--Working party, task & members 31, 18, 7
Country-by-Country survey
(see also the Specific Country)
--Ban on gay sex worldwide 46
--Comparative survey of the legal situation for homosexuals in Europe
(Ban on sexuality, age of consent, special provisions,
anti-discrimination clauses, partnership laws) 46, 43, 42
----Comparative survey of the legal and societal situation of homosexuals
in Europe (text) 35, 32, 31
29, 24, 22
----Comparison of the legal situation for homosexuals in Europe (text) 18, 16, 13
8, 5
------Survey of the situation for gays and lesbians in Eastern Europe L6
------Gay men and lesbians in Central and Eastern Europe: A Survey L5
----Positive developments at a national level in Europe 44
--Eastern Europe 43
----Survey of the situation for gays and lesbians in Eastern Europe L6
----Gay men and lesbians in Central and Eastern Europe: A Survey L5
--"Equality for Lesbians &
Gay Men - a relevant Issue in the Civil
& Social Dialogue" 61
--Nationwide legal protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation 45
--Update on the legal situation concerning homosexuality
in the successor republics to the former Soviet Union 55
--World survey on Internet 69
Croatia
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Law reform in Croatia 82
--New penal code 84
CSCE
(see also OSCE)
--Background-paper February '92 1
----Short history of ILGA's CSCE lobbying July '94 26
--Conferences
----Moscow September '91
------Agenda L5
--------Minutes L7, L6
------Delegates approached during the meeting 3
------Final document L9
------Letter from British government 1
------Lobby strategy L4
------Lobbying letter to foreign ministers L5
------Parallel activities
--------Programme L6, L5, L4, L3
--------Resolution L8
------Report on lobbying activities L8
------Statements
--------Canada L10
--------Sweden L10
----Oslo November '92
------Parallel activities L8
------Report of Seminar of Experts on Democratic Institutions 1
----Helsinki March -June '92
------Delegations approached
--------Letters and minutes 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1, L10
----------Lobbying letter to delegations 5, 4, 1
----------Lobbying letter to foreign ministers 1
------Final document 8, 7
--------Amnesty Internationals comments 7
------Human dimension 8
--------"Shaping the human dimension" 7
------Minorities’ ombudsman established 8
------Parallel activities
--------"Helsinki appeal" 4
--------Participants from the working party 2
--------Report 6, 5
------Statement from Thorvald Stoltenberg (Norway) 3
----Warsaw November '92 (Tolerance)
------Delegates approached
--------Letters and minutes 9
------Official conference 9, 8, 7
--------Agenda 9
--------ILGA participants 11, 10
--------ILGA report 12, 11
--------ILGA statement 11
--------Statement from the City of Amsterdam 11
----Stockholm December '92 (CSCE foreign ministers) 11
----Warsaw April '93 (Migration and refugees)
------Approached delegates 16, 15, 14
------Dates 13, 11
----Warsaw May '93 (National and ethnic minorities)
------Approached delegates 15
------Programme 16, 14, 11
----Warsaw Sep-Oct '93 (Implementation)
------Agenda 18
------Approached delegates 15
------ILGA press release 21
------ILGA statement
--------Final statement 21
--------Written presentation 19
------Report 22, 21
--------Work group 1 on homosexuality 21
------Statement
--------Denmark 20
--------Netherlands 20
--------Norway 20
----Warsaw November '93 (Free media)
------Agenda 20, 15, 11
------ILGA statements 21
----Vienna July '94
------ILGA statement 26
----Budapest Oct-Dec '94 (Review conference)
------Agenda 27
------Approached delegates 30, 27, 26, 15
------ILGA participating 28, 11, 8
------ILGA statement 30, 28
--------Draft 27
--------Who writes it? 8
--------Working group 3 30
------Report 30
------Statement
--------Netherlands and Norway 30
--Events diagram 5
--Lobbying paper 26
--Minorities’ ombudsman established 8
--NGOs
----NGO access and CSCE openness 8
----NGOs and the human dimension of the CSCE 21, 16
----Paper on potential NGO contribution to and status with the CSCE 6
----Toward defining NGO access 7
--Structure and Institutions (se also OSCE Fact sheet) 29
----Developed institutions and structures 8
--Working party
----Task & members 31, 18, 12, 7
Cyprus
(See also Country-By-Country survey)
--Age of consent
----Cyprus changing the age of consent 92
------Comment from Alexander Modinos 92
--Archbishop blasts Euro court on gay sex 59
--Ban is repealed (according to French news agency) 31
----Ban is not repealed 50
--Committee sends gay rights back to parties 50
--Cyprus in trouble as gay rights deadline approaches 50
--Cyprus must lift ban on gay sex 55
--EU steps up pressure on Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, & Romania to repeal laws
which discriminate against lesbians, gays & bisexuals 91
--Government pleads with deputies to decriminalise homosexuality 55
--Law "reform" 60
----Amnesty International public statement on Cyprus 60
----Amnesty concern at new gay law 60
----Changes to gay sex law are absurd 60
----Cyprus should lift gay ban 60
--Law reform according to Cypriot delegate to the CSCE 30
--Modinos Case in the European Court of Human Rights
----Case won 16
----European Commission of Human Rights, Report 4
----ILGA intervention rejected 7
--Parliament delays gay debate till after Easter 59
--Repeal of discriminatory laws (ILGA press release) 81
--The story of the change of law 81
--Test case
----Case won 16
------European Commission of Human Rights, Report 4
------ILGA intervention rejected 7
Czech Republic
(See also Country-By-Country survey)
--Gay marriage
----Couples law gains steam 87
----Czech officials support gay partnership 35
----Czech partnership proposal falters 38
----Government oks partner bill 69
----No marriages for gays & lesbians 60
----No to registered partnership 76
----Plans partner law 80
Declaration of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms EC
Denmark
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Adoption Right to gay & lesbian couples 70
--Gay marriage
----Adoption right to gay & lesbian couples 70
----Change of law on registered partnership 64
----Church wedding? 50
----Partnership law changed 70
----Scandinavian mutual recognition on registered partnership 35
--Labour market
----Anti-discrimination law for the private labour market 42
------Bill introduced 39, 38
----Gay man got compensated for illegal sacking 70
--Lesbian insemination
----Denmark nixes lesbian insemination 61
----Parliament bans assisted insemination for lesbians 51
--NGO to the Danish UN Human Rights Commission 39
East Bloc Conference
--ILGA East Bloc Conference a disaster 35
Eastern Europe
(see also the Specific Country)
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Europride Hearing in Copenhagen 96 43
ECAS (European Citizen Action Scheme)
--Report
----European citizenship 44
----The European ombudsman 24
----Newsflash January '93 13
----Towards a Europe of equal opportunities
------Discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation 28
--Seminar
----Discrimination (September '93)
------Conclusions 19
------Programme 18, 17, 15, 12
----The Internal market and the consumer 35
"Egalite"
(See also European Union: Staff)
--Egalite prize for Claudia Roth 32
--HIV testing of personnel in EU 29
--Staff group established 17
--Staff regulation proposals 17
Egypt
--ILGA-Europe calls upon EU to insist on the respect of human rights 94
Employment
--Danish anti-discrimination law for the private labour market 42
----Bill introduced 39, 38
----Gay man got compensated for illegal sacking 70
--EU
----Employment directive 83
------ILGA-Europe welcomes directive 83
--Finland
----Sexual & gender minorities at work 93
--ILGA EC-goals for this century (Minutes from Sitges Conf.) 10
--Irish government publishes employment equality bill 43
----Law introduced 50
----New extended employment equality act comes into force 75
--Latvia
----European Commission praises new labour law but points out deficiency
in anti-discrimination provision 93
--Slovenia bans workplace discrimination 66
--Swedish legislation against discrimination at the labour market 68
--UK: 1 in 2 are harassed at work 21
Equal programme 80
"Equality for Lesbians & Gay Men - a relevant Issue in the Civil
& Social Dialogue" 62, 61
--Spanish version 63
Estonia
(See also Country-by-Country survey)
--Council of Europe accepts Estonia as a member 16
--Estonia repeals discriminatory age of consent for same-sex activity 89
--Europride hearing in Copenhagen 43
Ethnic minorities
--Lesbians/Gays in the ethnic minorities (ILGA resolution) 30
European citizenship
--ECAS proposals for EU Intergovernmental Conference '96 44
--Europride '97 - political statement 49
European Commission on Human Rights
(see also Test Cases)
--Organisation, procedure and activities 13
European Conference on Family Research 51
European Convention on Equality between Men & Women
--Task of the working party 12
----Task dropped 26
----Who will monitor ? 21, 18
European Convention on Human Rights
(See Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights)
--New interpretation of "sex" ? 39
European Convention on the Rights of the Child
--CoE preparing a new convention
----ILGA letter to CoE on the draft 18
------Answer 18
--Family law
----Survey of international instruments of the CoE 20
------Correction 21
--Task of the working party 12
----Task dropped 26
European Court on Human Rights
(see Test Cases)
--Austria proposed two pro-gay candidates for the new Court on Human Rights 55
--More efficient Court of Human Rights 53
European Court of Justice
(see Test Cases)
European Ombudsman 24
European Union
--Access
(see also PHARE)
----Access programme ready 85
--Action programme to combat discrimination
----Council decision on programme to combat discrimination 85
------Action programme committee set up 86
------After Nice: progress for gays & lesbians in the EU 86
------Commission website on the action programme 91
--Age of consent
----European wide criminalization of juvenile sexuality up to 18 91
--AIDS
(see AIDS)
--Amsterdam Treaty
----Article 13
(see also Charter of Fundamental Rights)
------After Nice: progress for gays & lesbians in the EU 86
------Anti discrimination clause in the new proposal for EU Treaty 51
------Austria in favour of EU Treaty with human rights 46
------Backlash in EU Treaty negotiations 46
--------ILGA press release 46
------Citizens agenda 2000 NGO-Forum 76
------Commission proposes prohibition of sexual orientation discrimination 66
------Council decision on programme to combat discrimination 85
--------Action programme committee set up 86
--------After Nice: progress for gays & lesbians in the EU 86
--------Commission website on the action programme 91
------Dutch EU presidency has abolish non-discrimination on sexual orientation 48
------Dutch government rules out European equality for lesbians & gays 49
------Employment
--------Employment directive 83
----------ILGA-Europe welcomes directive 83
------Human rights agenda for the year 2000 62
--------EU launches agenda 65
------Ideas on how to follow up wanted by ILGA 59
------ILGA demanding lesbian and gay rights in the EU 45
------Informal meeting of high-level officials to discuss article 13 of the treaty 58
------Italy & Austria call for sweeping EU rights clause 45
------"Presidency conclusions" of the Madrid European Council Meeting, December '95 38
------Programme to combat discrimination 85
--------Project financing opportunity for West European organisations 88
------Sexual orientation a non-discrimination area in EU? 34
------Update April '97 49
--------Further update April '97 49
----Follow-up on the Amsterdam Treaty 60
----ILGA launches guide on Amsterdam Treaty 74
----Intergovernmental Conference 39
------Asylum
--------Right to seek asylum 49
------EU non-discrimination clause
--------Europe lobbying letter 50
--------General politics towards the EU 36
--------IGC statement 39, 38
----------List of signatories 44
--------ILGA demanding lesbian and gay rights in the EU 45
--------ILGA's general policy toward the EU 36
--------ILGA's lobbying towards the EU 36
----------Erratum 37
--------Letter to the Irish government 43
------"Presidency conclusions" of the Madrid European Council Meeting, December '95 38
------Secret IGC documents published on the Internet 48
----Seminar launching ILGAs guide to the Amsterdam Treaty 74
--Anti-discrimination proposal package adopted by the Commission 75
----Anti discrimination clause in the new proposal for EU Treaty 51
----Anti-discrimination EU directives promised 66
----Commission proposes prohibition of sexual orientation discrimination 66
----ILGA press release 75
----Social Affairs Council supports the “package” 78
--Bill of Rights
(see Charter of fundamental rights)
--Budget and funding possibilities 44, 36
25, 18, 2
----EU funded g/l projects 59
--Charter of Fundamental Rights
----After Nice: progress for gays & lesbians in the EU 86
----EU charter on human rights? 74
------Presidium issued their proposal 80
----Hearing in the European Parliament’s Committee on
Citizens Freedoms & Rights, Justice & Homes affair 76
------ILGA Statement 76
----ILGA Europe and the Plans for an EU Bill of Rights 71
----ILGA Europe comments to draft 79
----ILGA Europe continues lobbying the EU 76
----Meeting with Finnish EU presidency 76
--Civil liberties & equal treatment of l/g in the EC
(See Roth Report)
--Code of practice on measures to combat sexual harassment
(see Code of practice...)
--Committee of the Regions 26
--Court Case
----EU Court decision in same-sex partnership case 67
------Advocate-General rejects recognition of Swedish registered partnership 87
--------ILGA Europe press release 87
--------On the judgement of the European Court of Justice 89
------Danish Government backs employee in EU Court case 72
------ILGA-Europe regrets 67
------Swedish Government backs EU court case 69
--Egypt
----ILGA-Europe calls upon EU to insist on the respect of human rights 94
--Employment
----Employment directive 83
------ILGA-Europe welcomes directive 83
--Enlargement 91
----EU steps up pressure on Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, & Romania to repeal laws
which discriminate against lesbians, gays & bisexuals 91
----Framework directive
------Guide for lbgt organisations in the EU member states and the accession countries 92
----Public hearing on lesbian & gay rights in the EU accession countries arranged 88
------Hearing taking place 90
------Statement for press conference 90
--Equal programme 80
--European Initiative for democracy & human rights
----Call for proposals 86
--European Parliament
----European ombudsman 24
----European Parliament adopts 2 resolutions
with support for lesbian, gay & bisexual rights 90
----European Parliament adopts resolution on human rights 58
----European Parliament adopts urgency resolution on equal rights for g/l in the EU 63
----European Parliament calls again for respect for Human Rights for
lesbians and gay men 78
------Full text 78
----European Parliament for gay and lesbian rights 48
----European Parliament reaffirms gay & lesbian rights as human rights 66
----European Parliament repeats its commitment to lesbian & gay rights 45
----Family reunification directive
------ILGA Europe position paper 89
----Forum for Lesbian and Gay Rights (Intergroup) 29
----ILGA-Europe statement in the inter-parliamentary conference "Freedom, security,
justice: an agenda for Europe" on March 24, 1999 69
----Intergroup on Gay & Lesbian Issues
------ILGA cooperation with the Intergroup 56
------Intergroup established 55
--------ILGA participate 56
------Presentation of ILGA-Europe 56
------Public hearing on lesbian & gay rights in the EU accession countries arranged 88
--------Hearing taking place 90
--------Statement for press conference 90
----MEPs withhold equal treatment for gays and lesbians 47
----Questions in the European Parliament 43
------Question on Dutch gay marriage 41
------Question on protection of homosexuals in Romania 88
----Resolution on equal rights for g/l in the EU 63
----Resolution on respect for human rights in the EU (1997) 66
----Sexual orientations a non-discrimination area in EU? 34
--Europol
(See Europol)
--Family
(See Family)
--Framework directive
----Guide for lbgt organisations in the EU member states and the accession countries 92
--"Homosexuality - a European Community Issue"
(See Homosexuality - a European Community Issue")
--Human rights agenda for the year 2000 62
----EU launches agenda 65
--Human Rights discussion Forum
----ILGA participation 76
--Immigration
----Family reunification directive
------ILGA Europe position paper 89
--ILGA
----EU Bureau
(See European Union : Working Party)
----ILGA Action plan 49
------2. Series of meetings 56
------3. Series of meetings 58
----ILGA-Europe continues lobbying the EU 76
----ILGA-Europe lobbying letter 50
----ILGA-Europe meets European Union
------1. Meeting 51
------2. Series of meetings 56
------3. Series of meetings 58
------ILGA launches EU report 62, 61
--Lesbian Visibility
(See Lesbian Visibility)
--Meeting with ILGA
----Top-Level EU official meets with ILGA 42
--Model briefing letter 1, EC
--Nice Treaty
----After Nice – Progress for gays and lesbians in the EU 86
--"PHARE programme"
(See PHARE Programme)
--Resolution on equal rights for g/l in the EC 63
--Roth Report
(See Roth Report)
--Sitges seminar
(See Sitges Conference)
--Social exclusion 19
--Social policy 19
--Staff
(See also Egalite)
----Benefits to gay and lesbian spouses in EU 35
------EU not yet to recognize partnership 34
----EU Commission on the Lindholm Report 52
----EU Commission recognises partnership 71
----European Parliament Committee puts of equal treatment
of EU institutions' female and gay staff... ? 47
----European Parliament for gay and lesbians right 48
----EU Court decision in same-sex partnership case 67
------Advocate-General rejects recognition of Swedish registered partnership 87
--------ILGA Europe press release 87
--------On the judgement of the European Court of Justice 89
------Danish Government backs employee in EU Court case 72
------ILGA-Europe regrets 67
------Swedish Government backs EU Court case 69
----HIV testing of personnel in EU 29
----Improvement for EU staff 44
----MEPs withhold equal treatment for gays and lesbians 47
----No equal rights for gay EU officials and their partners 61
----Non discrimination policy inside the EU institutions 22
----Petition for an amendment to the EU staff regulations 32
------ILGA proposal 17, 16
--Structure
----How the EC works 20
----Maastricht Maze, chart of co-decision procedure 20
--Website 45
--Working party
----Task & members 38, 31, 30
29, 12, 7
------EU Bureau
--------The Bureau is suspended 26
--------Members 17, 16
--------Minutes 25, 16
--------Report 18
--------Task 12
------ILGA's general policy toward the EU 36
Europol
--Europol does not register gays and lesbians 39
--Europol to hold data on race, sexuality and politics 39
--Europol wants to register sexual habits 38
--Other reactions to the Europol proposal 39
Europride
--Amsterdam '94, proposal on Seminar on Family Forms 25
--Copenhagen '96 Hearing
----Baltic Country 43
----Eastern Europe in general 43
--Paris '97
----Political statement 49
----Socialist meeting 45
EuroGames
--Berlin '96 40
--Paris '97 40
Faeroe Islands
--Legislation 9
Family
(see also Adoption)
(see also Children)
(See also Gay Marriage)
--Council of Europe
----Achievement in the field of law, no.1 family law 20
----Family law, certain international instruments of
the CoE dealing specifically with family law 20
--Definition of the family
----Denmark EC
----European Union EC
--Denmark
----Definition of the family EC
--European Conference on Family Research 51
--European Parliament
----Discussion and votes 30
--European Union
----Definition of the family 89, EC
----Family reunification directive
------ILGA Europe position paper 89
----Harmonization of national policies on family reunification 21
------Draft resolution 17
----Principles governing member states policies on family reunification 21
--Europride Amsterdam
----Proposal on Seminar on Family Forms 25
--Free Movement, ILGA statement to ECAS seminar 35
--ILGA family policy (Sitges Conference '92) 10
--Parental leave
----Problems with the parental leave directive 46
--“Rainbow families” – release of a brochure concerning same-sex parents 94
--United Kingdom
----An end to sound bite ideas of what makes a family 64
----Landmark ruling on interpretation of “family” 75
Finland
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Anti discrimination law 36
----First gay discrimination case won 61
--Gay marriage
----Approved legislation on same-sex partnerships 93
----Finland proposes to legalise homosexual unions 85
----Parliament approves gay partners law 92
----Partnership bill proposal 43, 42, 41
------Citizens' appeal for the same-sex marriage 40
------Committee of Law requests the Government to bring the legislation to the Parliament 51
------Detailed justification 43
------General justification 43
------Reuter press release 71
----Partnership legislation proceeds with little steps 48
--Labour market
----Sexual & gender minorities at work 93
--Ministers’ response on the situation in Romania 51
--News from Finland 57
--Penal code changed in Finland 61
--Present situation 39
Forum Civil Euromed 38
France
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Gay marriage
----Civil solidarity Pact (PaCS) passed 74
------Background 74
------Contents 74
------Law effective November 17. 1999 75
------Partner law popular 80
----France prohibits gay marriage at Sweden's embassy 41
----French city register gay couples 36
----Minister on contract of civil union 52
----National Assembly approves another partner bill 69
----National Assembly oks partner bill 66
----New partnership bill 60
----Partnership bill introduced 48
----Partnership law planned 58
----Senate dumps partners bill 69
Free movement of people within the EU
--Commission proposes prohibition of sexual orientation discrimination 66
--ECAS seminar 35
--New group established 40
----ILGA lobbying letter 40
Funding
--Donation to ILGA-Europe 61
--EU Budget '94 25
--EU Budget '96 36
--EU Budget and funding possibilities
----ECAS Guide 2.edition 44
----ECAS Guide, lobbying the EU. Parliament on the budget 18
--EU Budgetary lines of interest to NGOs 2
--Human rights project
----European Commission grant 39.600 ECU 56
--ILGA applying for EU-Money 38
----Contact with MEP's 5
----Minutes from ILGA European Community Bureau '93 16
----Minutes from Sitges Conference '92 10
--Lesbian Visibility
(see Lesbian Visibility)
--Letter to selected members of the European Parliament 79
--PHARE
(see PHARE)
--Programme to combat discrimination
----Project financing opportunity for West European organisations 88
Gay Marriage
--Belgium
----Bill to reduce inheritance tax for registered partners 51
----Circular on same-sex partnership 58
----Cities register gay couples 36
----Council of State bases objection to same-sex marriage on a report from 1803 94
----Foreign same-sex partners can obtain permit to live in Belgium 54
----Guidelines from the Ministry of Internal Affairs 57
----Partner law unpopular 80
----Partnership bill progress (Newspaper article) 43
----Partnership recognized in Belgian cities 37
----Present situation of partnership regulations 66
----Response to partnership proposal (Newspaper article) 43
----Same-sex marriage bill 90
------FWH press release 90
----Statutory cohabitation contract in Belgium 75
----Test case 69
--Book on same-sex partnerships 92
--Canada
----Partner bill passes House of Commons 79
--CoE
----Historic vote in favour of lesbian & gay rights 83
--Conference on legal recognition of same-sex partnerships
in national, European & international law 68
--Czech Republic
----Couples law gains steam 87
----Government oks partner bill 69
----No marriages for gays & lesbians 60
----No to registered partnership 76
----Officials support gay partnership 35
----Partnership proposal falters 38
----Plans partner law 80
--Denmark
----Change of law 64
----Church wedding in Denmark? 50
----Partnership law changed 70
----Scandinavian mutual recognition of registered partners 35
--European Union
----Advocate-General rejects recognition of Swedish registered partnership 87
------ILGA Europe press release 87
------On the judgement of the European Court of Justice 89
----Benefits to spouses 35
----Employee denied same pay 5
----Motion for a resolution in the European Parliament 7
----No recognizing of partnership 34
--Finland
----Approved legislation on same-sex partnerships 93
----Bill on the partnership of same sex couples 42
----Bill on the spousal agreements of gays and lesbians 41
----Citizen appeal for same-sex marriage 40
----Committee of Law requests the Government to bring
the legislation to the Parliament 51
----Finland proposes to legalise homosexual unions 85
----News from Finland 57
----Parliament approves gay partners law 92
----Partnership bill 43
----Partnership legislation proceeds with little steps 48
----Update 39
--France
----Civil solidarity Pact (PaCS) passed 74
------Background 74
------Contents 74
------Law effective November 17. 1999 75
------Partner law popular 80
----Cities register gay couples 36
----France prohibits gay wedding at Sweden’s embassy 41
----Minister on contract of civil union 52
----National Assembly approves another partner bill 69
----National Assembly oks partner bill 66
----New partnership bill 60
----Partnership bill introduced 48
----Partnership law planned 58
----Senate dumps partners bill 69
--Germany
----Details of the registered partnership 84
------Law on registered partnership accepted 84
------Parliament passes partner bill 84
------States sue to block partnership law 90
--------First decision of the court 90
----Partner measure introduced 62
----Registered partner bill published 76
----Symbolic domestic partnership in Hamburg 55
--Greenland
----Law on registered partnership come into force 24
--Hungary
----Legalize common-law gay marriage 32
----Legalize same-sex partnerships ? 41
----Recognises common-law gay marriage 42
--Iceland
----Adoption of Stepchildren in gay & lesbian families 80
----Details of the partnership law 43
----Partnership law in Iceland 42
----Partnership law with possibility to joint guardianship 41
----Victory for lesbians and gays 43
--Italy
----Ceremony for gay couples brings church denunciation 41
----Gay/lesbian marriages in Pisa ? 39
----Gays outraged by church advice to voters 41
--Latvia
----Partnership law presented to the media and Parliament 74
------Latvia kills partner measure 76
------Officials reaction on partnership bill 77
------Progress on partnership law 74
--Legal recognition of same-sex partnerships,
a conference on national, European & international law 68
--Liechtenstein
----Liechtenstein to get gay equality 94
--Luxembourg
----Gay marriage proposed 42
----Same-sex marriage debate heats up in 89
--Netherlands
----Amsterdam City council favours gay "marriage" 33
----The Antilles may not accept gay/lesbian partnership 69
----Approves gay marriage rights 82
------Dutch gay marriage 88
------Dutch marriage law 86
------English translation of the law 83
------Latest news about same-sex marriage 85
------Partnership in the Netherlands 87
----Bill open to same sex marriage 72, 71
----Church embraces gays 33
----Cities register gay couples 33
----Commission on civil marriage 43
----Gay marriage 41
----Gays will have two ways to get hitched 49
----Government committed to opening up marriage to same-sex couples 62
----Government decides against same-sex marriage 57
----Government presents plans on partnerships & family 36
----Law reform in progress 67
----Legalize gay marriage 34
----Marriage soon expected 40
----Marriage statistics 94
----Officials divided on gay marriage 43
----Parliament demands legislation to open up marriage and adoption for
same sex couples 42
----Parliament favours gay marriage 40
----Parliament repeat call for same-sex marriage 59
----Partnership 35
----Partnership law in the Netherlands 51
----Partnership measure passes Lower House 47
----Proposes tiny concessions 44
----Questions in European Parliament on gay marriage 41
----Registered partnership fairly popular 68, 64
----Resolution in Parliament Second Chamber 42
----Second Chamber of Parliament agrees on partnership registration 46
--Norway
----Law on registered partnership adopted 17
----Scandinavian mutual recognition of registered partners 35
--Poland
----Poland bans gay marriage 49
--Portugal
----Partnership in Portugal ? 54
----Partnership law passed 87
------New law on same-sex unions 88
----Proposal for a partnership law 51
------Draft proposal 51
--Slovenia
----Gay marriage 58
----Gay marriage ? 33
--Spain
----3 domestic partnership bills in parliament 80
----Andalusia
------Parliament to consider legal status for domestic partners 80
----Aragon
------Domestic partnership bill passed 69
----Balearic Islands
------Domestic partnership law to be passed 87
----Catalonia
------Bill on family regrouping for same-sex couples in Catalan parliament 80
------Catalonia has granted domestic partnership bill 61
----Government says “no” to same-sex partners 83
----Law recognizes de-facto couples 39
----News on the partnership law in Spain 42
----Parliament decides a partnership bill will have to be passed within this legislation 51
----Parliamentarian debate on partnership bill 49
----Partnership law coming soon 30
----Partnership law sold out 32
----Partnership legislation introduced 47
----Socialist party has submitted a partnership law 46
----Spanish gays seek help with partnership bill 48
----Supreme Court ruling has equated domestic partnerships & marriage
for residence permits for foreigners 83
----Valencia
------Domestic partnership law to be passed 87
--Sweden
----Advocate-General rejects recognition of Swedish registered partnership 87
------ILGA Europe press release 87
------On the judgement of the European Court of Justice 89
----Foreign gay couples may be allowed to register 78, 69
----France prohibits gay wedding at Sweden's embassy 41
----Scandinavian mutual recognition of registered partners 35
----Vote on partnership law June the 7th. '94 25
--Switzerland
----Equal civil rights for same sex couples 43
----Gay partnership 41
….Geneva gays tie the knot (Geneva Canton partnership law) 89
----Government considers couples right 71
----Government for “light registered partnership” 84
----Parliament votes for registered partnership 74
--United Kingdom
----Bill to introduce civil partnership register in England & Wales 92
----Court of Appeal calls on Parliament to recognise gay couples 52
----Two women to marry legally in London 34
Germany
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--1. break-through for legal recognition of homosexuals 65
--Asylum seekers
----German court grants asylum for Romanian gay 22
--Gay marriage
----Details of the registered partnership 84
------Law on registered partnership accepted 84
------Parliament passes partner bill 84
------States sue to block partnership law 90
--------First decision of the court 90
----Partners measure introduced in Germany 62
----Registered partner bill published
---Symbolic domestic partnership in Hamburg 55
--Government inquiry on human rights for gay and lesbians 31
--Laws & regulations 59
--Social exclusion report 92
Gibraltar
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Age of consent changed 12
--Ban on homosexuality 2
----Preparing a court case 7
Grant Case
(see Test Cases)
Greenland
--Law on registered partnership come into force 24
Guernsey
--Guernsey lowered age of consent to 18 82
--Guernsey lowers age of consent 67
----Correction 68
Health
--EU proposal for health funding 39
--ILGA information sheets on health produced 17
--WHO approve on European program "Health for All" 1
Holocaust survivors to get Swiss money 52
"Homosexuality - a Community Issue"
--Launch of the report 18, 16, 13, 12
--Minutes of the EC-workshop in Brussels 1992 12
--Minutes of the EC-workshop in Paris 1992 7
--Minutes of the Sitges Conference 1992 10
--Report delayed 5
--Report funded by the EC 1, EC
--Sitges Conference
----Agenda 9
----Conference preparation 6, 5
----Minutes of the EC-workshop in Brussels 1992 12
----Minutes of the EC-workshop in Paris 1992 7
----Minutes of the conferences 10
--Summary of the report 13
Human rights for lesbians and gay men in EU
--ILGA project application to the EU 34
Human Rights Watch
--World Report 2001: Lesbian and gay rights 89
Hungary
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--EU-candidates: Also Hungary to monitor 57
--EU steps up pressure on Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, & Romania to repeal laws
which discriminate against lesbians, gays & bisexuals 91
--Gay marriage
----Constitutional Court legalizes common-law gay marriage 32
----Parliament is to set same-sex partnership 41
----Parliament recognises common-law gay marriage 42
--Test case
----Szivárvánt et al. vs. Hungary 84
Iceberg-Project 1
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
(see also Homosexuality - a Community Issue)
Iceland
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Adoption
----Adoption of Stepchildren in gay & lesbian families 80
--Anti-homosexuals laws repealed 9
--Iceland's gays protected against discrimination 47
--Joint custody of children 43, 42, 41
--Partnership Law
----Adoption of Stepchildren in gay & lesbian families 80
----Details 43
----Partnership law passed 42
----Partnership law put forward 41
--Victory for Icelandic lesbians and gays 43
IGLYO
--Coming-out training course 32
--Conference '95 32
--Conference '97 50
--Non discriminating campaign 26
--Youth Forum of the European Union 33
ILGA EU Action Plan 49
ILGA-Europe
--Brussels Office presentation 89
--Website relaunched 94
ILGA Europe and the Plans for an EU Bill of Rights 71
ILGA European Conference
--London '97 announcement 48
--Rotterdam ’01 announcement 90
ILGA World Conference
--Cologne '97 Invitation 45
Immigration
--Belgium
----Circular on same-sex partnership & immigration 58
----Foreign same-sex partners can obtain permit to live in Belgium 54
----Guidelines from the Ministry of Internal Affairs about domestic partnership 57
--Council of Europe
----Debate on asylum & immigration rights for bi-national same-sex couples 80
----Lobbying campaign for the end June debates in the Parliamentary Assembly
on lesbian & gay issues 80
--European Union
----Family reunification directive
------ILGA Europe Position 89
--ILGA information sheet on immigration produced 17
--Netherlands
----Law reform on foreign partners in progress 67
--United Kingdom
----Britain OKs gay partner immigration 53
----Minister attacks unmarried heterosexuals to get at lesbian and gay couples 40
----New immigration rules in the UK 84
----Same Sex Immigration in UK 71
----UK to recognise same-sex couples in the immigration rules 54
The Internal Market and the Consumer
--ECAS seminar 35
Ireland
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Aids
----New HIV prevention for gay men 51
----New report on HIV/aids & gay community published 43
--Age of consent 17
--Anti-Discrimination legislation comes into force 84
--Asylum
----Sexual orientation as a ground of asylum 37
--Ban on homosexuality
----Action request 13, 12, 10, 7
----Background material 18, 12, 7
----Ban lifted 17
--Employment equality bill
----Government publishes employment equality bill 43
----Law introduced 50
----New employment equality act comes into force 74
--Equal status bill
----Law introduced 50
--Norris Case
----Correspondence between Glen & The Human Rights Directorate 10
----Parliament delays promised changes 7
--Poverty
----Poverty study 18, 12
--Test case
----Correspondence between Glen & The Human Rights Directorate 10
----Parliament delays promised changes 7
Isle of Man
--Law changed 7
--Lower House repeals ban on male homosexuality 4
--No sign of changing the law 2
Israel
--Lowers age of consent for gay sex 84
Italy
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Age of consent
----Age of consent reduced to 14 for all 43
--Anti-gay movement
----Italian gays outraged by church advice to voters 41
----Request to defeat the anti-gay movement 35
--Church
----Ceremony for gay couples brings church denunciation 41
----Italian gays outraged by church advice to voters 41
--Gay marriage
----Ceremony for gay couples brings church denunciation 41
--Summer universities for gays & lesbians 60
Joint custody of children
--Iceland 43, 42, 41
--Netherlands
----Lesbian partners get full responsibility for children 93
Kazakhstan
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Ban on homosexuality repealed 21
Kyrgyz Stan
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Kyrgyz Stan decriminalizes consenting same-sex relations 56
Labour Market
(See Employment)
Latvia
(see also Baltic Countries)
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Age of consent
----Age of consent & other inequalities 57
----Age of consent and sexual offences 71
----Age of consent equalised 62
----Criminal law amended to clarify age of consent is equal for all 91
--Anti-discrimination law in Latvia? 41
--Asylum made possible for persecuted homosexuals
--Ban on homosexuality repealed 4
--Changes in the constitution 65
--First moral victory in Latvia 60
--Labour market
----European Commission praises new labour law but points out deficiency
in anti-discrimination provision 93
--Official rejects idea of homosexual equality and suggests homosexuals keep quiet 58
--Partnership law presented to the media and Parliament 74
----Latvia kills partner measure 76
----Officials reaction on partnership bill 77
----Progress on partnership law 74
--Statement of the Homosexuality Information Centre (HIC)
"on Homophobia and Intolerance in Police and Other State Institutions in Latvia" 55
----Sample letter
------Parliament of Latvia 55
------President of Latvia 55
--Questionnaire to the political parties 64
Legal protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation
--Fact sheet 45
"Lesbian Visibility"
--Application approved 9
--Application for money EC
--Interim report sent to the Commission 17
--Report sent to the Commission 22
----Suggestions for further studies 22
Liechtenstein
(See also Country-by-Country survey)
--ILGA Europe welcomes the repeal of all anti-homosexual provisions in the penal code 85
--Liechtenstein to get gay equality 94
--Sexual law reform: Discrimination of gay men to be extended lesbians 69
Lithuania
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Membership of CoE 16
--Penal code draft includes sexual orientation 76
--Repeal of ban on homosexuality 22, 20, 17
----Letter from the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry 23
--Sexual orientation included as an expressly prohibited ground of discrimination 84
Luxembourg
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Anti discrimination law lists "Sexual orientation" 53
--Gay marriage proposed in Parliament 42
--Same-sex marriage debate heats up 89
Macedonia
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--ILGA lobbying efforts at the CSCE Review Conference. '94 30
--Legislation 41
--Macedonia bars gay lawyers 34
Migration
--CSCE Conference
----Warsaw April '93 (Migration and refugees)
------Approached delegates 16, 15, 14
------Dates 13, 11
Military
--Spain
----Bleak news on the reform of the military justice form 62
--Turkey
----Bill introduced to discharge gays from the military 43
--United Kingdom
----Ban violates European convention on four counts 68
----Britain lifts military gay ban 77
----Britain to lift gay ban in military 56
----British case goes to Euro Court 49
----European Court decides that British Government has a case to answer 51
----Judgments in the cases about in gays in the military 74
------ILGA Europe press release 74
Modinos Case
(see Test Cases)
Moldova
(See also Country-by-Country survey)
--Ban on homosexuality abolished 34
--Council of Europe Application
----Actions to be taken 32, 23
----Rapporteurs 22
--CSCE
----ILGA lobbying efforts at the CSCE review Conf. '94 30
Nationwide legal protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation
--Fact sheet 45
Netherlands
--Adoption
----Approves gay marriage rights 82
------Dutch gay marriage 88
------Dutch marriage law 86
------English translation of the law 83
------Latest news about same-sex marriage 85
------Lesbian partners get full responsibility for children 93
------Partnership in the Netherlands 87
------Website on adoption 92
----Bill allowing same sex adoption 72, 71
----Cabinet oks gay adoption 65
----Court allows adoption for unmarried people 33
----Dutch may allow adoptions by gays 55
----Government committed to opening up adoption to same-sex couples 62
----Government in favour of adoption by same-sex couples 57
----Government presents plans on partnerships & family 36
----Law reform in progress 67
----Lesbian adoption rejected 53
----Parliament demands legislations to open up adoption for same sex couples 42
----Parliament repeats call for adoption 59
--Age of consent
----Law reform in progresses 67
--Anti discrimination law
----Law passed 30, 4
--Blood donation 39
--Court condemns MP for offending homosexuals 65
--Development aid 39
--Gay marriage
----Amsterdam City Council favours gay "marriage" 33
----The Antilles may not accept gay/lesbian partnerships 69
----Approves gay marriage rights 82
------Dutch gay marriage 88
------Dutch marriage law 86
------English translation of the law 83
------Latest news about same-sex marriage 85
------Lesbian partners get full responsibility for children 93
------Partnership in the Netherlands 87
----The Antilles may not accept gay/lesbian partnerships 69
----Bill open to same sex marriage 72, 71
----Church embraces gays 33
----Cities register gay couples 33
----Commission on civil marriage 43
----Gay marriage 41
----Gays will have two ways to get hitched 49
----Government committed to opening up marriage to same-sex couples 62
----Government decides against same-sex marriage 57
----Government presents plans on partnerships & family 36
----Law reform in progress 67
----Legalize gay marriage 34
----Marriage soon expected 40
----Marriage statistics 94
----Officials divided on gay marriage 43
----Parliament demands legislation to open up marriage for same sex couples 42
----Parliament favours gay marriage 40
----Parliament repeats call for same-sex marriage 59
----Partnership 35
----Partnership law in the Netherlands 51
----Partnership measure passes Lower House 47
----Proposes tiny concessions 44
----Questions in European Parliament on gay marriage 41
----Registered partnership fairly popular 68, 64
----Resolution in Parliament Second Chamber 42
----Second Chamber of Parliament agrees on partnership reg. 46
--Immigration
----Law reform on foreign partners in progress 67
--Survivors
----New legislation 38
NGO
--Council of Europe
----IlGA as NGO
------Application for NGO status with CoE '89 7
--------Answer (rejection) 7
--------Reminder April '90 7
----------Answer June '90 7
------Application for NGO status with CoE '95 32
--------Amnesty International, Lobbying letter to 6
--------Application to be sent August '93 18
--------Application to be sent June '93 13, 12
--------Decision to apply for NGO status December '94 30
--------Decision to postpone the application November '94 29
--------ILGA granted consultative status 57
--------International Commission of Jurists, Lobbying letter 6
--------International Federation on Human Rights, Lobbying letter to 6
--------NGO status to ILGA 55
--------Paedophilia
----------Paedophile group expelled from ILGA 26
----------Question and answer to ILGA from the CoE 43
--------Resolution on relations between CoE and NGOs '94 22
----------Modalities of co-operation 22
----------Procedure for the granting of consultative status 22
----------Rules for consultative status 22
----------Withdrawal of consultative status 22
--------Status December '95 38
--CSCE
----NGOs and the Human Dimension of the CSCE 21, 16
----Note to NGO representatives regarding the Budapest Review Conference
'94 27
--Platform of European Social NGOs 76, 62
--United Nations
----ILGA as NGO
------Roster consultative status press releases 18, 15
Non-Discrimination Campaign
--IGLYO joins the campaign 26
----World Summit for Social Development '95 27
--ILGA recommendation 22
Nordic gay/lesbian student congress 68
Norris Case
(see Test Cases)
Northern Ireland
--Consent age for gays lowered to 17 85
--Human tights commission issues report on the rights
of lesbian, gay & bisexual people 91
----executive summary 91
--Single equality act 88
Norway
(See also Country-by-Country survey)
--Asylum for lesbians & gay men 54
--Partnership law adopted 17
--Scandinavian mutual recognition on registered partnership 35
Ombudsman
--European Union 24
--Sweden appoints gay ombudsman 69
OSCE
(see also CSCE)
--Fact sheet 31
--History of ILGA lobbying efforts 43
--The Ottawa Declaration 35
--Structure 31
OSCE Implementation Meeting
--Warsaw 97
----ILGA-Europe addresses OSCE on human dimension issues 55
------Letter to the Dutch Minister on Foreign Affairs 55
------Subsidiary Working Body 1
--------Oral statement 55
--------Written statement 55
------Written presentation 55
--1998
----ILGA Written presentation 64
--2000
----ILGA-Europe statement 84
OSCE Review Conference
--Vienna 96
----ILGA lobbying efforts 43
----Report on ILGA activities 46
----Written presentation by ILGA 45
-–Vienna 1999
----Oral statement by Kurt Krickler 74
OSCE Seminars
(see also CSCE and NGO)
--Building Blocks for Civic Society April '95
----Agenda/program 31
----Review of freedom-of-association policies towards lesbians and gay men 33
--Drafting human rights legislation Sept '95 34
--Human Dimension Oct '95
----ILGA input 36
----Participation? 34
----Report 38
--Tolerance May '95 38
Ottawa Declaration 35
Our World Conference: Equality & cooperation
--Report and papers 85
Parental Leave Directive
--Problems with the parental leave EU-directive 46
Partnership Law
(see Gay Marriage)
Persecution of homosexuals on The Third Reich 78
--Letters of support 78
PHARE
--Promoting democracy in Central & Eastern Europe
----Application 27
----Application granted 27
----Application sent 26
----Attempt to get money 22, 12, 9
----WHO co-sponsor the application 13
Pink Triangle Coalition
--ILGA joins Pink Triangle Coalition 59
Poland
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Constitution
----Catholic church seeks influence 35
----Constitution without anti discrimination for g/l 51
----Draft constitution includes sexual orientation 39
----Homosexual rights provision 33
--Gay Marriage
----Poland bans gay marriage 49
--New penal code 51
Portugal
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Age of consent 87, 55
----Proposal to (nearly) equalize age of consent failed 56
--Constitution
----Anti-discrimination clause? 41
----No equality for Portuguese gay
--Gay Marriage
----Partnership ? 54
----Partnership law passed 87
------New law on same-sex unions 88
----Proposal for a partnership law 51
------Draft proposal 51
--Penal Code 48
----Penal Code changed 47
------Correction 55
--Test Case on gay parenting accepted by the European Court of Human Right 72
----Judgment 76
Poverty
--Ireland
----Study on poverty 12, 18
Prostitution
--Sweden
----Protest letter 61
----Recriminalisation of prostitution in Sweden 62, 61
Protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation
--Fact Sheet 45
Public Scandals: Gays & Lesbians face state-condemned violence
and legalized abuse in Romania 57
Refugee
(see also Asylum Seekers)
--Fact Sheet produced 17
Registered Partnership
(see Gay Marriage)
Report of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties on
Equal Treatment of Lesbians and Gays in the EC
(see Roth Report)
Republika Srpska
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--New penal code being worked on 71
Romania
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
(see also Eastern Europe)
--Acceptance Group 35
--Accept's proposed new legislation 59
--Actions to be taken against Romania 44
--Amnesty blasts Romania again 34
--Amnesty calls on parliamentarians to ensure that legislative reforms
respect human rights 37
--Amnesty International action 22, 16
--Arrest of homosexuals in Timisoara 16
--Article 200 - as proposed by the draft 21
--Asylum given in Germany 22
--Background information 45
--Chamber of Deputies has voted "no" to decriminalize
consensual homosexual acts between adults 44
--Change of the Romanian penal code 36
--Changes of law in Romania 81
--Constitutional Court consider article 200 27, 26, 25
--Council of Europe
----CoE pressure brings progress for lesbian, gay & bisexual rights in Europe 81
------Debate on the situation of lesbians and gays in Europe 81
----Report prepared for March 1994 22
----Romania adopted as member 20
----Lobby instruction 39, 24, 23, 21
19, 18, 17
------Fact Sheet. Oppression of gays and lesbians 18
----Lobbying letters 44, 42, 39
31, 29, 25, 24
------Answers 42, 40
31, 29, 24
----Opinion no. 176 on the application 22
----Rapporteurs insist that Romania repeal article 200 16
--CSCE Report on human rights 30
--EU steps up pressure on Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, & Romania to repeal laws
which discriminate against lesbians, gays & bisexuals 91
--European Parliament
----Question on protection of homosexuals in Romania 88
----Resolution 45
--Fact Sheet: Oppression of gays and lesbians 18
--Finnish Minister response on the situation 51
--Group 200 15
--Halonen Report published 26
--Halonen Resolution 21
--Helsinki Federation Report 28
--Homosexuality - a Human Right : Symposium 35
--Human Rights activists demand repeal of law 18
--Human Rights after Ceausescu 28
--Human Rights and short-term economic goals - Conference 24
--Improving international standards in the penal code 22
--International Commission of Jurists – Statement 25
--Law Reform - Again 41
--Parliament increases persecution of homosexuals 44
--Penal Code 48
--Penal Code reform rejected 38
--Penal Code revision 48, 47, 45
41, 36, 28
27, 26, 25
24, 23, 21
----Gay reactions 36
----New government initiative (1999) (Same sex relations) 74
--President to pardon some gay & lesbian inmates 57
--Proposal in Parliament to expand ban on homosexuals 45
--Protest against law reform 36
--Public Scandals: Gays & lesbians face state-condemned
violence and legalized abuse in Romania 57
--Report on human rights 21
--Report produced by Scot Long 25
--Resolution in European Parliament 45
--Right-Wing Romanians rant 45
--Romania alters anti-gay legislation 45
--Romania keeps anti-gay laws 24
--Romania rejects legalization of homosexuality 62
--Romania repeals article 200 by emergency ordinance 90
----Accept press release 90
----Senate repeals article 200 from the penal code 91
--Romania - Situation outline 30
--Romanian law reform 47
--Roundup of suspected homosexuals in Focsani 24
--Roundups of homosexuals continue 23
--Statement - International Commission of Jurists 25
--Upcoming law reform 60
Roth Report
(Report of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties on
Equal Treatment of Lesbians and Gays in the EC) 23
--Draft report (first) 16
----First round discussions in the Committee 17
----Further information 16
----Schedule for the European Parliament 20
--Draft report with recommendations & explanatory statement
with proposed amendments from the Committee 22
--ILGA information paper on g/l asylum seekers 16
--Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual rights in Europe (MEP Mel Read) 16
--Parliament decision 23
--Preliminary report debate at ILGA Meeting Brussels 1992 12
--Resolution in the European Parliament on g/l EC
----Official English edition 5
Russia
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Aids
----Iron curtain closes against HIV-positives 38
----New aids law passes 32
----Russia will test foreigners for HIV 33
--ARGO L5
--Book on legal status of sexual minorities in Russia 93
--Homosexual orientation dropped from the new classification
of mental and behaviour disorders 75
--Membership of CoE
----Lobbying 11
--Penal Code changed 17
--Support of Russian homosexuals L5
San Marino
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Law reform 52
----Update 53
Scotland
(See United Kingdom)
Serbia
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Break up of Serbia’s first gay pride parade 90
----ILGA-Europe calls on Serbian authorities to guarantee safety
& freedom of association for lbgt people 90
Sexual Harassment
--EU
----Code on practice on measures to combat sexual harassment 1
----Press release from Stonewall EC
----Sexual Harassment on the Workplace 21
Sexuality, Youth Protection & Human Rights (Book) 57
Sitges Conference '92
--Agenda 9
--Conference preparation 6, 5
--Minutes of the EC-workshop in Brussels 1992 12
--Minutes of the EC-workshop in Paris 1992 7
--Minutes of the Conferences 10
Sitges Conference '94
--Agenda 28, 27
--Minutes 29
--Proposal of new conference 22
----Statement against 25
--Resolutions 29
--Time schedule 28, 27
Slovenia
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Anti discrimination law 42
--Ban workplace discrimination 66
--CoE Member 16
--Gay marriage 58
--Gay marriage ? 33
Social Exclusion 19
Social Policy in the EC 19
Spain
--Anti discrimination law 37
----Government changes its penal code 33
--City Council may have violated fundamental rights 71
--"Corruption of minors" repealed 39
--Gay marriage
----3 domestic partnership bills in parliament 80
----Andalusia
------Parliament to consider legal status for domestic partners 80
----Aragon
------Domestic partnership bill passed 69
----Balearic Islands
------Domestic partnership law to be passed 87
----Catalonia
------Bill on family regrouping for same-sex couples in Catalan parliament 80
------Catalonia has granted domestic partnership bill 61
----Gays seeks help with partnership bill 48
----Government says “no” to same-sex partners 83
----Law recognizes de-facto couples 39
----Legislation introduced 47
----News 42
----Parliament decides a partnership bill will have to be passed within this legislature 51
----Parliamentary debate on partnership bill 49
----Partnership law coming soon 30
----Partnership law sold out 32
----Socialist party has submitted a partnership law 46
----Supreme Court ruling has equated Domestic partnerships & marriage
for residence permits for foreigners 83
----Valencia
------Domestic partnership law to be passed 87
--Military
----Bleak news on the reform of the military justice code 62
----Police files of times past on debate 69
--Transsexual Rights
----Andalusia: Bleak prospects in the parliament 68
----Parliament calls for transsexual surgery costs to be included in the social security 70
----Transgender persons “official” sex may change to 87
--Vote Pink campaign 26, 22
Spanner Case
(see Test Cases)
Stonewall 25 25
Survivors
--Holocaust survivors to get Swiss money 52
--Netherlands 38
--US Government grants 500.000 $ to acknowledge gay victims of the nazis 89
Sweden
(see also Country-by-Country survey)
--Adoption
----Adoption rights for gay couples on the horizon 53
----Parliamentary committee on children of lesbians & gays 68
----Sweden may legalize adoption by homosexual couples 86
--Asylum Seekers
----Denies asylum to Iranian and Algerian gays 33
----Sweden welcomes abused foreign gays 47
--Gay-friendliness of all municipalities examined 68
--Gay Marriage
----Advocate-General rejects recognition of Swedish registered partnership 87
------ILGA Europe press release 87
----Foreign gay couples may be allowed to register 78, 69
----France prohibits gay wedding at Sweden’s embassy 41
----Parliament will vote on partnership law 25
----Scandinavian mutual recognition of registered partnership 35
--Hate crime bill in Sweden 94
----Incitement to hatred against gays remains legal 49
--Joint Guardianship
----Parliamentary committee on children of lesbians & gays 68
--Labour Market
----Legislation against discrimination 68
--Ombudsman appointed 69
--Prostitution recriminalized 61
----Protest letter 61
----Recriminalisation of prostitution in Sweden 62
Switzerland
--Constitution
----Gay & lesbians are second-class citizens 46
----Gay & lesbians in good constitutions 50
----Government snubs gays 47
--Gay Marriage
----Equal civil rights for same sex couples 43
----Gay partnership 41
….Geneva gays tie the knot (Geneva Canton partnership law) 89
----Government considers couples right 72
----Government for “light registered partnership” 84
----Parliament votes for registered partnership 74
--National Rally 50
Test Cases
--Age of Consent
----Age of consent in European countries 60
----Austrian case rejected by Human Rights Commission 36
----Austrian cases declared admissible by European Court of Human Rights 94
----British teenager challenges age of consent 42
----European Commission of Human Rights finds violation 54
----Human Rights Courts accepts youth case 32
----UK will not oppose 16 as age of consent 52
--Austria
----Age of consent case rejected by Human Rights Commission 36
----Age of consent cases declared admissible by European Court of Human Rights 94
--Cyprus
----Modinos Case
------Archbishop blasts Euro court on gay sex 59
------Case won 16
------Change of law (according to French new agency) 31
--------Ban is not repealed 50
------European Commission on Human Rights report 4
------ILGA application to intervene rejected 7
--Differential treatment of unmarried cohabitation as compared
to marriage within margin of appreciation 74
--European Union
----Sweden vs. Council
------Advocate-General rejects recognition of Swedish registered partnership 87
--------ILGA Europe press release 87
--------On the judgement of the European Court of Justice 89
--Grant Case
(see United Kingdom)
--Group Sex Case
(see United Kingdom)
--Hungary
----Szivárvánt et al. vs. Hungary 84
--Ireland
----Norris Case
------Correspondence between GLEN & The Human Rights Directorate 10
------Parliament delays promised changes 7
--Military
(see United Kingdom)
--Modinos Case
(see Cyprus)
--Parenting
----Test Case on gay parenting accepted by the European Court of Human Right 72
------Judgment 76
–-Portugal
–---Test Case on gay parenting accepted by the European Court of Human Right 72
------Judgment 76
--Same-sex partnership
----Court decision 67
------Danish Government backs EU employee in Court case 72
------ILGA-Europe regrets 67
------Swedish Government backs EU Court case 69
--Spanner Case
(see United Kingdom)
--United Kingdom
----Age of Consent
------Age of consent for gays at 16 in UK 52
------Age of consent in European countries 60
------European Commission of Human Rights finds violation 54
------Gay sex to be legal at 16 by summer 1998 59
------Human Rights Courts accepts youth case 32
------Teenager challenges age of consent 42
----Grant Case
------Case to EU Court 51
------Discrimination based on sexual orientation is not covered
by the equal pay rules of the Treaty 58
------Discrimination case referred to European Court of
Justice 43
------Lisa Grant case press release 53
------Lisa Grant vs. South West Trains 52
----Group Sex
------Ban to be challenged in European Court 50
------Judgement in the case of A.D.T vs. the United Kingdom 81
----Military
------Ban violates European Convention on 4 counts 68
------Britain to lift gay ban 56
------Case goes to Euro Court 49
------European Court decides that Government have a case to answer 51
------Judgments in the military cases 74
--------ILGA Europe press release 74
----Spanner Case
------Case accepted by the Human Rights Commission 31
------SM gays lose Euro appeal 48
----Transsexual
------EU Court rules transsexual unfairly dismissed 42
Trade Union
--Conference Amsterdam 98
----Background, organization and participants 44
Transgender
(see transsexuals)
Transsexuals
--Austria administration court opens marriage for transsexuals 58
--EU Court rules transsexual unfairly dismissed 42
--Spa