In a move that is being widely welcomed by LGBTI rights advocates, and Intersex rights campaigners in particular, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has passed a ‘first of its kind’ resolution recognising the bodily integrity of Intersex children. The Resolution, No. 1952 (2013), ‘Children’s Right to Physical Integrity’ was passed on Tuesday, October 1. It embraces …

No fewer than five bills proposing further limitations on LGBT rights in Lithuania are set to be heard by the National Parliament in the session to December 2013

For lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people, the year 2012 ended with various rights violations like previous years. In 2012, 11 hate crimes were committed. 6 transgender and 5 homosexual individuals lost their lives because of hate-motivated killings. 8 hate-motivated violence

Senegal’s President, Micky Sall, who won the presidential election in March 2012 against the (ten-year) incumbent Wade, appointed Touré after sacking former Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye. Explaining Mr Sall’s decision, a presidential spokesman Abou Abel Thiam said the move was in keeping with the president’s decision “to ensure greater efficiency in the government”.

Barack Obama as well as David Cameron have already publicly committed to raise concerns with President Putin about Russia’s record on LGBTI rights, and Obama has agreed to meet with local Russian activists on Thursday or Friday.