Promoting equal treatment and human rights in Estonia
…levels, promote the field of diversity and inclusion, manage an equal treatment network, and publish a public opinion survey on LGBT+ topics. The project is funded by the Ministry of…
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The human rights centre’s year 2021 in numbers and pictures
…treatment and overall human rights protection, thanks to our donors. We published the fifth public opinion survey on LGBT rights. The survey revealed that the attitudes of Estonian people towards…
Mindthehate.com – a webpage that teaches to communicate hate-free
…illegal hate speech occurs towards the LGBT+ community, jews, and national minorities. The webpage also includes recommendations compiled by communication and law experts on hate-free communication with the public and…
The situation of LGBT persons
…organised action against LGBT+ people. However, the 2021 survey, ‘Attitudes of Estonians towards LGBT issues’,[35] showed an increase in positive attitudes towards LGBT+ human rights. The ‘Cohabitation Act’ is supported…
Prohibition of discrimination
…of the same sex can marry in Estonia. Aili Kala, head of ‘Protecting the interests of the Estonian LGBT Association’, noted that the wording of the Legal Affairs Committee is…
The centre’s assistant Joosep: “I always seek opportunities to contribute”
…life at school. Why did you want to work at the human rights centre? Through volunteer work, I was primarily exposed to the issues related to the LGBT community. At…
Equal Treatment Network gathered for a strategy seminar and welcomed a new member
…of Disabled People, NGO Oma Tuba/ Feministeerium, Estonian LGBT Association, Estonian Vegan Society, Estonian National Youth Council, Federation of Estonian Student Unions, Estonian Refugee Council, Women’s Support and Information Center,…
It is time for the state to make changes to the law
In ten years, the Human Rights Centre has commissioned five public opinion surveys on LGBT rights. Since the first survey in 2012, the attitudes of the Estonian people have become…
Support for LGBT rights among Estonian people has grown exponentially
Attitudes of the Estonian population have become significantly more positive and more and more people support LGBT rights, according to a recent LGBT public opinion survey by the Estonian Human…
Centre’s refugee case changed the PBGB and court practice
…Court and set an important precedent. The center represented an Ugandan from LGBT community in court who was not considered worthy of international protection by the Police and Border Guard…