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

Associació de Dones d'Andorra

Stop Violències

Acció Feminista Andorra

DiversAnd

Contacts in the Government

Mireia Porras - Ministry of Social Affairs, Youth and Equality

Christel Codina – Ministry of Social Affairs, Youth and Equality

Jordi Canut - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Marc Vila Amigó - Ombudsperson

Austria

Victim support organisations

Courage

Die Türkis Rosa Lila Villa

Verein intergeschlechtlicher Menschen Österreich

Rechtskomitee Lambda

ORQOA - Oriental Queer Organisation Austria

FAmOs - Regenbogenfamilien

Queerbase

Autonomes Frauenzentrum Linz

RosaLila PantherInnen

Trans-Austria

Contact in the Government

Federal Chancellery - Division for Women and Equality, Department of Socio-economic equality, international and EU affairs

Federal Ministry for Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice - Department of Constitutional Issues of International Human Rights Protection

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs - Department of Human Rights, Minority Issues

Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection - Department of European and International Social Policy and Labour Law

Office of the Ombudsperson for Equal Treatment / Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft

Commission for Equal Treatment / Gleichbehandlungskommission

Belgium

Victim support organisations

Unia

Institute for Equality of Women and Men

Contact in the Government

Federal Equal Opportunities Team

Institute for Equality of Women and Men

Federal Ombudsperson

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Victim support organisations

Sarajevo Open Centre

Tuzla Open Centre

Foundation CURE (GIRLS)

Centar za mlade KVART

Contact in the Government

Agency for Gender Equality - Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees

The Ombudsperson’s Office

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)

RED Centre against honour-related conflicts (Counselling and safehouses, not LGBTI specific, but LGBT-friendly)

Contact in the Government

Lisa Cassina - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Gender Equality

Kamilla Graver Petersen - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Gender Equality

Andreas Nielsen - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Gender Equality

The Board of Equal Treatment

Bjarke Oxlund - Danish Institute of Human Rights

Estonia

Victim support organisations

National Victim Support Hotline, available 24/7 116 006

Estonian Human Rights Centre

Estonian LGBT Association

Contact in the Government

Agnes Einman, Adviser on Equal Treatment at Equality Policies Department - Ministry of Social Affairs

Liisa Pakosta, The Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner

The Ombudsperson’s Office

Finland

Victim support organisations

Victim Support Finland

Contact in the Government

Ministry of Justice, Unit for Democracy, Language affairs and fundamental rights

Ministry for Social Affairs and Health, Unit for Gender Equality

Office of the Non-discrimination Ombudsperson

Ombudsperson for Equality

Human Rights Centre

France

Victim support organisations

L e Refuge, ligne d'écoute urgence 24h/24 : 06 31 59 69 50

SOS Homophobie, ligne d'écoute 01 48 06 42 41

Contact in the Government

Ombudsperson - Défenseur des Droits

Ireland

Victim support organisations

Crime Victims Helpline

Support After Crime

Victim Support at Court

Rape Crisis Network Ireland

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Women's Aid

Contact in the Government

An Garda Síochána

Garda National Diversity & Integration Unit

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

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)

Red Cross Helpline 1717

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

Arcigay

Agedo Nazionale

Gay Center Gay Help Line

MIT Movimento Identà Trans

Arcilesbica

Consultorio Transgenere

Contact in the Government

Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - Dipartimento Pari Opportunita - Ufficio per la promozione della parità di trattamento e la rimozione delle Discriminazioni fondate sulla razza o sull’origine etnica (UNAR)

Kosovo

Contact in the Government

Habit Hajredini - Office for Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination

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.