Beyond Europe

The situation for LGBT people and their rights is very different around the world. If in some European countries same-sex partners can marry and sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited by law, in some countries throughout the world LGBT people are subjected to discrimination and in the worst case - death penalty.

There are various organisations working to advance the situation for LGBT people in the world:

International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

Many mainstream international human rights organisations increasingly paying attention to the rights of LGBT people:

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

United Nations

In this section you find information on the work of ILGA-Europe in the United Nations.

Yogyakarta Principles

In this section, you can find ressources about the important document from 2006.


"Equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people in Europe"
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