The report on "the role and responsibilities of local and regional authorities in the protection of LGBTI persons" was presented today at the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Current Affairs Committee in Strasbourg.

According to the CoE spokesperson, Georgia is among the countries analysed in the report. As the spokesperson explains, the report denounces the "backsliding" observed in Council of Europe member states with regard to the rights of LGBTI persons.

"The document highlights the increasing contestation of LGBTI persons’ rights, recognition and identity. It examines how this negative trend has affected the lives of LGBTI people, paying particular attention to the health and well-being of LGBTI youth. The report also presents good practices in promoting and defending rights of LGBTI people at local level all over Europe. Another report concerns a fact-finding mission to Poland in November 2020, focusing on cities, provinces and regions that are adopting family charters and resolutions against so-called "LGBTI ideology"", - reads the information.