Da kaum vergleichbare Daten über die Wahrung, den Schutz und die Verwirklichung der Grundrechte von Lesben, Schwulen, Bisexuellen und Transgender-Personen (LGBT) verfügbar waren, ließ die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte (FRA) eine EU-weite Online-Erhebung über die...

In light of a lack of comparable data on the respect, protection and fulfilment of the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, FRA launched in 2012 its European Union (EU) online survey of LGBT persons’ experiences of discrimination, violence and...

The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates into the UK law most of the rights in the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols , and authorizes UK courts to enforce these “Convention rights.” None of the existing legislation expressly prohibits sexual orientation discrimintation in...

This report was financed by and prepared for the use of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The MEDIS project was coordinated by Patrick Simon from the Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques and Martin Clément from Economie et...