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Sexual orientation discrimination cases to be documented

The Malta Gay Rights Movement announced on Friday that it will be documenting cases of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

The study will form part of a wider ranging study on the theme and its incidence throughout EU applicant countries.

The project is being co-ordinated by the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), which has a European regional branch - ILGA-Europe ILGA-Europe holds a consultative status within the Council of Europe, is a member of the Platform of European Social NGOs and receives core funding from the European Commission. The Malta Gay Rights Movement is a full member organisation of ILGA.

The project’s local co-ordinator will be the MGRM’s international secretary, Christian Attard, who was recently in Rotterdam, Holland where he met organisations from other applicant countries also participating in the project.

At the conference Mr Attard attended several sessions and workshops, which included a seminar analysing partnership laws in different European countries.