40 years ago, for the first time a case was decided at the European Court of Human Rights in favour of LGBTI person’s rights. On 22 October, we celebrated the landmark case Dudgeon v United Kingdom, which recognised the criminalisation of homosexual acts as an unjustified interference with the right for private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
“We have come a long way and will continue to protect the rights of LGBTI people. At the Congress, we are more than ever committed to further the legacy of this landmark decision. This year, we published two reports to further protect the human rights of LGBTI people. First, as a response to the rising anti-LGBTI hate speech and discrimination in Europe, and second on the role of local authorities with regards to the situation of LGBTI people in Poland” stated Andrew Boff, Congress Rapporteur on LGBTI issues.
“The fight to protect the human rights of LGBTI people is not over, but today we remember that at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities we have the duty and the commitment to further it on, starting at the local and regional level” he added.
