By Kyriaki Papadopoulou For centuries, homosexuality has been disapproved and even considered illegal. It should raise concerns that 62 of 193 UN member states criminalise consensual same-sex acts, while two UN member states criminalise them de facto but not in legislation. In reality, the thorn in our (legal) culture is not gay people, but thoseContinue reading “Sabalić v. Croatia or the impact of an incorrect criminal characterisation to fundamental rights”
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Italy’s Left Has Left Out Parenting Rights
by Victoria Scarlett Brizzi The election of Giorgia Meloni as Italian Prime Minister in October 2022 underlined the weakness of the left-wing as represented by the Partito Democratico (PD). This new breeze of Conservative politics on the right-wing in Italy has been built around Meloni’s commitment to traditional family values imbued with Catholic rhetoric. TheContinue reading “Italy’s Left Has Left Out Parenting Rights”
How the Catholic Church continues to hinder LGBT rights progress in Europe
By Gregory Lens The most recent annual ILGA Rainbow Europe report painted a bleak picture on the current level of progress for LGBT rights in the eastern part of the European Union. Commitments to equality are either stalling, or even completely vanishing from national political agendas. In eastern member states, governments are backtracking on theirContinue reading “How the Catholic Church continues to hinder LGBT rights progress in Europe”
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