Victim support by country
Note: This page provides a non-exhaustive list of resources for victim support. It includes organisations and contacts within government or governmental entities that provide support to LGBTI victims of discrimination or violence. This page will be continuously updated as new resources are gathered. We invite you to contact the SOGI team if you know any organisations that currently provide these services and that are not reflected on this page.
Andorra
Victim support organisations
Austria
Victim support organisations
Verein intergeschlechtlicher Menschen Österreich
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Victim support organisations
Contact in the Government
Agency for Gender Equality - Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees
Denmark
Victim support organisations
LGBT Danmark (Both legal and general counseling and support for LGBT persons)
Sabaah (Counseling and support for LGBT persons with ethnic minority background)
LGBT Asylum (Counseling and support for LGBT asylum seekers and refugees)
TransAktion (Counseling and support for transpersons)
Lev Uden Vold (National unit to prevent intimate partner violence)
Estonia
Victim support organisations
Finland
Victim support organisations
France
Victim support organisations
Contact in the Government
Ireland
Victim support organisations
Iceland
Victim support organisations
Aflið (Organization against gender and domestic violence)
Bjarmahlíð (Family Justice Center for survivors of violence)
Drekaslóð (education and service center for victims of violence and their families)
Kvennaathvarfið (Women’s Shelter)
Mannréttindaskrifstofa Íslands (Icelandic Human Rights Center)
Neyðarmóttaka fyrir þolendur kynferðisofbeldis (Emergency department care for victims of sexual violence)
Samtökin 78 (The National Queer Organisation of Iceland)
Stígamót (Center for survivors of sexual violence)
Contact in the Government
Kærunefnd jafnréttismála (Gender Equality Complaints Committee in the Department of Equality in the Prime Minister’s Office)
Jafnréttisstofa (Directorate of Equality)
Umboðsmaður Alþingis (The Office of the Althingi Ombudsman)
Umboðsmaður barna (The Office of the Ombudsman for Children)
Italy
Victim support organisations
Kosovo
Contact in the Government
Office for Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination
*All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nation's Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
Latvia
Victim support organisations
Contact in the Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia - Human Rights Division
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Victim support organisations
Centre d'information CIGALE (LGBTI specific)
Malta
Montenegro
Victim support organisations
The Netherlands
Victim support organisations
Local anti-discrimination offices
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights
Contact in the Government
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science - Gender & LGBTI Equality Poliy Affairs Department
North Macedonia
Victim support organisations
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
National Network agenst transphobia and homophobia
Coalition ‘Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities’
Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA)
The Association for Cultural and Media Activism QUEER SQUARE Skopje
Portugal
Victim support organisations
ILGA Portugal - Serviço de Apoio Psicológico
Contact in the Government
José Manuel Palaio - Gabinete da Secretária de Estado para a Cidadania e Igualdade
Slovakia
Victim support organisations
Slovenia
Victim support organisations
Spain
Victim support organisations
Sweden
Victim support organisations
The Swedish federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights (RFSL)
United Kingdom
Victim support organisations
Contact in the Government