ILGA-Europe publishes its Memorandum to the Belgian Presidency of the EU
05/07/2010
On 1 July 2010, the Presidency of the European Union is taken by Belgium for the next six months. Traditionally, ILGA-Europe presents its Memorandum to the EU Presidency identifying its expectations and setting challenges for the Presidency.
ILGA-Europe’s Five Points Call for Action:
- Positive leadership to ensure protection against discrimination
1.1 Anti-Discrimination Directive
1.2 Equality Summit
1.3 Gender Equality
1.4 Transgender Equality
1.5 Gender-based Violence
- Proactive mainstreaming of equality in EU social policies
- Tackling homophobia, transphobia and discrimination in the frame of the EU freedom, security and justice policy
- Offering a higher degree of protection to LGBT asylum seekers in the Common European Asylum System
- Promoting LGBT rights in external relations
5.1 Enlargement
5.2 European Neighbourhood Policy/Eastern Partnership
5.3 Human Rights in third countries
FULL TEXT OF OUR MEMORANDUM
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