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ILGA-Europe announces sixth call for proposals within its Human Rights Violations Documentation Fund. Deadline for applications: 20 December 2008.

Here you will find news, presentations and other materials related to the 12th ILGA-Europe's Annual Conference which took place on 30 October - 2 November in Vienna.

SOS homophobie in partnership with ILGA-Europe organises a seminar on the topic of support to victims of violence and monitoring and reporting of violence targeting LGBT people.

ILGA-Europe’s latest edition of its “Destination>>EQUALITY” magazine is entirely dedicated to the issue of a proposed EU anti-discrimination Directive. The aim of this edition is to demonstrate the strong and broad support for the proposed Directive as well as to refute existing arguments against the adoption of this Directive.

On 30 October – 2 November 2008, ILGA-Europe holds its 12th Annual Conference (30th ILGA European Annual Conference) in the Austrian capital of Vienna. The title of this conference is “Think globally, act locally”.

The Executive Board of ILGA-Europe announces that the Executive Director of ILGA-Europe, Patricia Prendiville, has decided to leave the organisation at the end of the year.

The documents of the third (and final) mailing before our annual conference in Vienna on 30 October - 2 November 2008 are now available for download.

Christine Loudes, ILGA-Europe's Policy Director delivered today a speech at the public hearing organised by the European parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on Fundamental Rights in the EU.

The European Commission and the French Council Presidency are co-organising a second Equality Summit in Paris from 29 to 30 September 2008. This summit follows on from the first Equality Summit organised under the German presidency during the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All and aims to update on the commitments made during the European Year of Equal Opportunities, in particular the Council Resolution adopted in November 2007.

Organisers of Bosnia's first-ever LGBTIQ rights festival said on 25 September 2008 they were moving the event underground the day after participants were attacked by hooligans at the opening ceremony. Strong international condemnation of violence in Sarajevo.