20 January 2025

Berlin 2024

The Equal Rights Coalition held its 2024 Conference on December 17 and 18 in Berlin, Germany. The co-chairs of the Coalition for this term, Germany and Mexico and their civil society counterparts LSVD+ and Fundación Arcoiris, had the pleasure of hosting this event at the German Federal Foreign Office in collaboration with the Member States of this Coalition and delegates from its Civil Society Network.

Under the theme of ‘Countering the push-back’, representatives from Member States met alongside civil society to assess the current landscape of LGBTI rights and freedoms, and to devise strategic partnerships that respond to, and tackle, the foremost challenges affecting people of diverse SOGIESC around the globe.

During the two-day conference (plus a day extra for the CSO Preconference), attendees had the opportunity to attend insightful plenary sessions from key stakeholders in this mechanism and across the landscape of the defence of human rights at different scales. As well, attendees participated in sessions from our four Thematic Groups on key areas of interest regarding the rights of LGBTI persons and the state of LGBTI rights worldwide. There was also an exciting social programme built into the Conference that ensured attendees maximized their engagement and networking opportunities.

For a look at the Conference programme, kindly click here.

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