LGBTI people
LGBTI people continue to face discrimination and violence that affects their human rights. The Commissioner urges the authorities to combat discrimination and violence, raise awareness of the rights of LGBTI people and promote measures to combat LGBTI-phobia.
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Commissioner O’Flaherty raises alarm on LGBTI rights, pledges to partner with Roma
At the EuroPride Conference (read the speech), the Commissioner was alarmed by accounts of discrimination, harassment by judicial and administrative means, violent attacks, disinformation, and gender identity denial. These left him concerned by the stakes and the ground already lost in terms of human rights protection for LGBTI people, human rights defenders, and civil society in Europe. 
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