Lutte contre la violence anti-LGBTIQ : actualités
Identifying and investigating hate crimes against LGBTI persons: training for police officers in Bulgaria
From 16 to 18 March 2026, nearly 70 police officers across Bulgaria participated in a training on policing hate crimes against LGBTI persons, organised by the LGBTI organisation Deystvie in partnership with the SOGIESC Unit of the Council of Europe, the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior, and the...
Promoting Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Reporting on LGBTIQ Rights: Training for Media and Journalists in Slovenia
On 16 April 2026, the SOGIESC Unit of the Council of Europe, in collaboration with Legebitra, DiH and TransAkcija, organised a training session on fair, accurate and inclusive reporting on LGBTIQ rights for media professionals and journalists at the Museum and galleries of Ljubljana. Participants...
Towards the development of an Anti-Rumours LGBTIQ Toolkit: a pilot Anti-Rumours LGBTIQ capacity-building programme
Between January and February 2026, Getafe and Santa Coloma de Gramenet hosted a pilot Anti-Rumours LGBTIQ capacity-building programme. Designed to help local institutions and communities counter anti-LGBTIQ narratives and discriminatory practices, the programme engaged municipal staff from...
Italian adaptation of the training manual “Policing Hate Crime against LGBTI Persons: Training for a Professional Police Response” now available!
Discover the Italian adaptation of the training manual “Policing Hate Crime against LGBTI Persons: Training for a Professional Police Response”. The manual builds on the standards of the Council of Europe on combating hate crime and discrimination, as well as on the work and expertise of the...
Towards the development of an Anti-Rumours LGBTIQ Toolkit: the diagnosis report
The Council of Europe’s SOGIESC Unit is working together with Diversit to develop an Anti-Rumours LGBTIQ Toolkit through a joint pilot with two Spanish cities: Getafe and Santa Coloma de Gramenet. The presently available diagnosis report explores the role of local governments in countering...
Online awareness-raising sessions on anti-discrimination for Italian prosecutors and police forces
The SOGIESC Unit of the Council of Europe has partnered with the Italian Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Rome to organise three online awareness-raising sessions on anti-discrimination for Italian prosecutors and police forces. These sessions are based on the recently updated HELP (Human Rights...
The drafting of a new Inclusive Education Toolkit is on!
On 25 June 2025, the Council of Europe SOGIESC Unit, in collaboration with IGLYO, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) Youth and Student Organisation organised a drafting group meeting to continue the work started in March on the development of a new...
Identifying and investigating hate crimes against LGBTI persons: the updated manual on policing hate crimes is presented to European Prosecutors
Today marks the start of the Council of Europe Conference on Preventing and Combating Hate Crime, organised by the Steering Committee on Anti-discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI), under the Presidency of Malta of the Committee of Ministers, and taking place in parallel to the plenary...
SOGIESC Study visit during the No Hate Speech week 2025
The No Hate Speech 2025 week has just started and the SOGIESC Unit is delighted to welcome 31 participants from all over Europe for a 3-day study visit. Participants from civil society, faith-based organisations, law enforcement, media and journalists, as well as public authorities at the local...
Updated Module on “Discrimination based on SOGIESC” of the HELP anti-discrimination course now available!
The SOGIESC Unit of the Council of Europe is happy to share that the updated module on “Discrimination based on SOGIESC” of the HELP anti-discrimination course is now available. In order to keep the course relevant for legal professionals and the judiciary, the content of this module was recently...
