LGL urges Equal Opportunities Ombudsman to help trans people
2010 01 19
Press release
2010 01 19
Association
Lithuanian Gay League addressed the Equal
Opportunities Ombudsman of Lithuania Ausrine Burneikiene with a letter urging
to take action on discrimination of trans people and include their issues in
implementation of equal opportunities politics in Lithuania.
European Court
of Human Rights repeatedly acknowledged in its case-law that 14 article of
European Convention of Human Rights forbidding discrimination applies to
protection of trans people as well, and that discrimination against trans
people is considered as discrimination on the grounds of gender.
In Association’s
opinion there is still no antidiscrimination politics for trans people in Lithuania. So
it urges Office of the Equal
Opportunities Ombudsman to:
Clearly include measures addressing trans
equality issues within gender mainstreaming measures; funding programmes;
and including the multi-dimensional gender identity and gender expression
in internal and external policy;
Make sure that future gender equality
legislation expressly includes gender identity and gender expression
Help trans people to initiate cases on
the ground of discrimination in courts and other institutions;
Admit complaints from trans people and
to make sure these complaints are properly analyzed;
Fund detailed research and data collection on
trans equality and human rights issues;
Consult and involve trans equality and rights
organisations in gender equality and human rights policy development.
