Reports and other materials
In this section you will find all our past and the most recent publications in electronic format.
Some of these publications are also available in print and if you would like to order them, please complete this online publications order form.
Rainbow Europe Map and Index, May 2012
ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map reflects the national legal human rights situation of LGBTI people in a simple format. The Rainbow Map ranks all European countries according to their legislation and administrative practices that have direct impact on the human rights situation of LGBTI people.
The legal grounds for inclusive EU legislation against bias violence and hatred (October 2011)
This publication is about research on legal grounds and political arguments on hate crimes in the European Union. Download and read more about the report here.
ILGA-Europe toolkit for training police officers on tackling LGBTI-phobic crime (October 2011)
This publication is about how to devise and implement training for police forces better to tackle LGBTI-phobic hate crime. Download and read more about the training toolkit here.
Rainbow Europe Map and Index (updated in January 2012)
Published on 17 May - the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The Rainbow Europe Map and Index is a tool to see how European countries are doing when it comes to recognising the human rights of LGBT people.
ILGA-Europe Annual Review: The Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe
Find information about the annual report that ILGA-Europe is embarking from 2011 - what is the concept, the content, the process and finally how you can help ILGA-Europe make this publication.
Make It Work: Six steps to effective LGBT human rights advocacy (October 2010)
This advocacy manual has been written by ILGA-Europe to provide a logical structure and a set of methods, tools and skills which advocates can use in planning and implementing their advocacy work. It is primarily concerned with how and where LGBT human rights advocates in the domestic setting can employ international and regional human rights instruments to frame their arguments and achieve their advocacy objectives.
Joining forces to combat homophobic and transphobic hate crime. Cooperation between police forces and LGBT organisations in Europe (September 2010)
This publication is the result of a research conducted in 2009-2010, in the frame of a project supported by the Dutch government. ILGA-Europe believes that this publication will provide law enforcement authorities and LGBT organisations across Europe with a set of useful suggestions and methodological tools to develop and strengthen joint actions to fight hate crime more efficiently.
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Download the publication in LARGE PRINT here.
Download the table within the publication in LARGE PRINT here.
Rainbow Europe Map and Country Index (May 2010)
Updated Rainbow Europe Map, originally launched in July 2009, now contains a Country Index.
The situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people in the Russian Federation 2008 (translated in 2010)
This report for the first time presents a comprehensive overview of the legal situation of LGBT people in Russia and gives a thorough account of human rights violations for 2008. The report has been written by the Russian LGBT Network in partnership with the Moscow Helsinki Group and ILGA-Europe.
Transgender people and the Gender Recast Directive - Implementation Guidelines (December 2009)
The aim of these Guidelines is to provide an introduction to the content of the Gender Recast Directive and an overview of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice, and their relevance for trans people living in the European Union. These Guidelines are also designed to give guidance on how to improve the implementation of the Gender Recast Directive vis-a-vis gender identity, and to ensure equality for all trans people in the countries where the Directive is applicable.
Two posters on the rights of trans people (December 2009)
ILGA-Europe has produced two posters focusing on the rights of transgender people.
- Discrimination against transsexual employees is illegal
- Transgender people are not mentally ill
ILGA-Europe map on legal situation for LGB people in Europe (July 2009)
Prior to OutGames and its International Human Rights Conference in Copenhagen in the end of this month where ILGA-Europe take part, we published a map of Europe reflecting the legal situation for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Forced Out: LGBT People in Armenia (February 2009)
LGBT people in Armenia suffer from a high level of hostility, discrimination, social exclusion, hate crimes and violence. Homophobia is deeply rooted in the Armenian society. Stigmatisation is so pervasive that most LGBT people are forced out of communities and deprived of any chance to openly express their sexual orientation or gender identity. And yet they are forced to come out and organise into associations and groups if the want to be able to stand up for who they are.
The joint ILGA-Europe and COC report is the first of its kind to be published about same-sex relationships and LGBT people in Armenia. It explores identities, common human rights violations, the landscape of LGBT organising, health and HIV/AIDS, and relevant legal aspects. It also provides recommendations to the Armenian government, donors, LGBT activists and international organisations.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Families and the Free Movement Directive: Implementation Guidelines (January 2009)
These guidelines provide an introduction to the Directive on the right to free movement, an explanation of those provisions relevant to LGBT families, an overview of the transposition process, and an analysis of the impact of the Directive when applied to LGBT families. They are designed to assist organisations in monitoring national law in order to ensure that LGBT families enjoy the fullest protection in accordance with the Directive.
The Guidelines were originally written for ILGA-Europe by Mark Bell and published by in October 2005, this edition of the Guidelines was edited and updated by Matteo Bonini Baraldi.
Report of the joint ILGA-Europe/IGLYO AGE Project 'Intergenerational Dialogue with(in) the LGBT Community' (December 2008)
This report is the final outcome of the Age Project in which the findings – in particular the outcomes of the two round tables and therefore the contributions made by participants – are presented. Thus, the goal of this report is not to make concrete policy recommendations but instead to depict where we currently stand, which issues need to be addressed and how these issues may be best tackled. As with all projects which shed light on the need for further research, a secondary, but nevertheless important goal of this report is to stimulate thought with regard to continuing the work that has begun.
