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2023/2643(RSP) Resolution on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2

Events

2023/04/20
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2023/04/20
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 416 votes to 62, with 36 abstentions, a resolution on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, The Left groups and Members.

The resolution highlighted that 61 countries around the globe - mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia - criminalise homosexuality and transgender identity by law. In Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Brunei, Northern Nigeria, Mauritania and Pakistan, the penalty for consensual same-sex sexual acts is death. However, there is a global movement towards decriminalising homosexuality and transgender identity, as the number of countries that criminalise consensual same-sex acts has decreased from 113 in 1990 to 64 in 2023. This movement is being fuelled by an increasing realisation that laws that criminalise homosexuality and transgender identity are discriminatory and violate fundamental human rights, and that societal progress demands equal access to rights.

Recent developments in Uganda

Parliament condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the Bill adopted on 21 March 2023 by the Ugandan Parliament, which increases sentences and widens the scope of Uganda’s legislation criminalising homosexuality and transgender identity. It considered that its adoption is in stark violation of the Ugandan Constitution and Uganda’s international obligations arising from the African Charter and the UN international law architecture, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ICCPR and the UN Charter. It is also alarmed by the fact that only 2 out of 389 legislators voted against the Bill and deplored the comments by President Museveni, who has further contributed to the hateful rhetoric about LGBTIQ persons. Members consider that the promulgation of this Bill would inevitably strain relations between the EU and Uganda and would require the EU to re-orient its focus.

The situation of decriminalisation in the world

Parliament unambiguously condemned all laws, practices and official positions criminalising homosexuality and transgender identity and reiterated its unwavering opposition to the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances. It is worried about the current global anti-rights, anti-gender and anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric movements, which are fuelled by some political and religious leaders around the world, including within the EU.

The resolution recalled that protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people throughout the world is a priority for the EU and that the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity is an objective that the EU should continue to pursue for as long as necessary.

Parliament called for the following action:

- the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity;

- the universal abolishment of the death penalty.

The Ugandan authorities are called on to:

- investigate, prosecute and sanction all hate-based attacks against individuals and organisations as a result of the adoption of the Bill, and to stop any retaliatory actions against civil society organisations involved in human rights and LGBTIQ advocacy, such as raids and the blocking of bank accounts, as the latter are crucial to providing community-based services.

The Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should use all necessary diplomatic, legal and financial means to convince the President to not sign the law and establish an EU strategy for the universal decimalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity.

If the Bill is signed into law by the Ugandan President, Parliament should, inter alia :

- call on the Commission to consider withdrawing EBA preferences for Uganda on the basis of serious and systemic human rights violations;

- insist that decisions taken and sanctions adopted in relation to Uganda should, as a priority, target and affect the political and religious leaders who instigated and supported the Bill;

- call on the EEAS to increase its efforts in ensuring that Ugandan human rights defenders have access to funding, support, protection, relocation, visas and shelter, when appropriate, in line with the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders;

- call on the Commission, under the supervision of the VP/HR, to mobilise all external policies of the EU to achieve the objective of establishing an EU strategy for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity.

Lastly, Parliament stressed the importance of safe and legal EU pathways for people in need of international protection, including LGBTIQ people fleeing countries where they risk being persecuted because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.

Documents
T9-0120/2023
2023/04/19
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2023/04/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0219/2023
2023/04/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0220/2023
2023/04/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0221/2023
2023/04/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0222/2023
2023/04/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0223/2023
2023/04/18
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0224/2023

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Activities

Votes

Dépénalisation universelle de l'homosexualité, à la lumière des événements récents en Ouganda - Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda - Allgemeine Entkriminalisierung der Homosexualität angesichts der jüngsten Entwicklungen in Uganda - RC-B9-0219/2023 - § 20 #

2023/04/20 Outcome: +: 422, -: 63, 0: 36
DE ES FR IT NL SE PT AT RO DK BE CZ IE FI BG SK HR LU HU LV SI LT MT EE EL ?? PL
Total
79
48
61
53
27
18
14
16
19
14
18
17
12
10
11
11
12
6
7
5
5
7
3
4
4
1
39
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Abstain (1)

Markus PIEPER
27

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9

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7

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7

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Abstain (1)

Peter van DALEN
6

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6

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6

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6

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9

Denmark PPE

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Pernille WEISS
1

Belgium PPE

4

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Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
3

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5

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Petri SARVAMAA
1

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5

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4

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Tomislav SOKOL
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2

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2

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2

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1

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13

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20

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5

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12

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6

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5

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5

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4

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Nicola DANTI
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Claudia GAMON
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6

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Billy KELLEHER
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Francesca DONATO
7

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Marcel de GRAAFF
1

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Milan UHRÍK
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Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
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Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
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1
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Lars Patrick BERG
1

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5

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Michiel HOOGEVEEN
3

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2

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Cristian TERHEŞ
1

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3

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3

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Abstain (1)

Teuvo HAKKARAINEN
2

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Angel DZHAMBAZKI
1

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Eugen JURZYCA
1

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Ladislav ILČIĆ
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Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
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Adam BIELAN
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Anders VISTISEN
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Hynek BLAŠKO

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RC-B9-0219/2023 - § 30/2 #

2023/04/20 Outcome: +: 407, -: 102, 0: 12
DE ES NL FR PT SE RO CZ AT IE DK IT LT BG HR BE FI LV LU SK SI HU MT EL EE ?? PL
Total
77
48
27
63
14
18
20
17
16
12
14
53
8
10
10
17
9
6
6
10
5
7
3
4
5
1
41
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Niclas HERBST
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9

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6

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6

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6

Sweden PPE

6

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Abstain (1)

Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA
9

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Abstain (1)

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
3

Austria PPE

6

Ireland PPE

5

Denmark PPE

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Pernille WEISS
1

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Massimiliano SALINI
6

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3

Bulgaria PPE

4

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Tomislav SOKOL
3

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4

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Petri SARVAMAA
1

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Miriam LEXMANN
3

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David CASA
1

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Riho TERRAS
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12

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6

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5

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5

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3

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13

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2

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1

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1

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Claudia GAMON
1

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1

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Tilly METZ
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Silvia MODIG
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Jörg MEUTHEN
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Marcel de GRAAFF
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Hervé JUVIN, Nicolas BAY
2

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Francesca DONATO
8

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Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
2

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1

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Milan UHRÍK
1

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Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
1

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Lars Patrick BERG
1

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Robert ROOS
3

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2

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Cristian TERHEŞ
1

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3

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4

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1

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Angel DZHAMBAZKI
1

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1

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Eugen JURZYCA
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Ivan DAVID

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Hynek BLAŠKO
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Georg MAYER, Roman HAIDER
2

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Anders VISTISEN
1

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Gianna GANCIA
18

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2

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Jaak MADISON
1

RC-B9-0219/2023 - § 31/2 #

2023/04/20 Outcome: +: 407, -: 80, 0: 37
DE ES FR IT NL SE CZ PT AT IE DK RO BG HR BE LU FI LV SI LT HU EL SK MT EE ?? PL
Total
75
47
66
56
27
18
17
13
16
12
14
18
11
11
18
6
10
5
5
8
7
4
10
3
5
1
41
icon: PPE PPE
131

Germany PPE

Abstain (1)

Niclas HERBST
26

Spain PPE

8

France PPE

7

Italy PPE

7

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6

Sweden PPE

6

Czechia PPE

Abstain (1)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ
3

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5

Austria PPE

6

Ireland PPE

5

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Romania PPE

9

Bulgaria PPE

5

Croatia PPE

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Tomislav SOKOL
4

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4

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2

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Petri SARVAMAA
1

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2

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2

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3

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2

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4

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David CASA
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Riho TERRAS
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10
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11

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5

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Maria ARENA
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Matjaž NEMEC
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Nicola DANTI
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4

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Claudia GAMON
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4

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Malin BJÖRK
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Marc BOTENGA
1

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Silvia MODIG
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Jörg MEUTHEN
2

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3

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Hervé JUVIN, Nicolas BAY
2

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Abstain (1)

Francesca DONATO
8

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Marcel de GRAAFF
1

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Abstain (1)

Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
2

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1

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Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
1

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1

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Milan UHRÍK
1
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9

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16

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19

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Hynek BLAŠKO

Abstain (1)

Ivan DAVID
2

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Georg MAYER, Roman HAIDER
2

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Anders VISTISEN
1

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3

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Jaak MADISON
1
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Lars Patrick BERG
1

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5

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Michiel HOOGEVEEN
3

Sweden ECR

2

Czechia ECR

3

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Cristian TERHEŞ
1

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Against (1)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI
1

Belgium ECR

3

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2

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Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

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Eugen JURZYCA
1

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24

RC-B9-0219/2023 - § 31/3 #

2023/04/20 Outcome: +: 421, -: 77, 0: 22
DE IT ES FR NL SE PT AT IE DK CZ RO HR BG LV SK LU LT FI BE SI HU MT EL EE ?? PL
Total
74
55
45
64
27
18
13
16
12
14
17
18
11
11
6
11
6
8
10
18
5
7
3
4
5
1
41
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7

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8

France PPE

7

Netherlands PPE

6

Sweden PPE

6

Portugal PPE

6

Austria PPE

6

Ireland PPE

5

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Czechia PPE

3

Romania PPE

9

Croatia PPE

Abstain (1)

Tomislav SOKOL
4

Bulgaria PPE

Against (1)

Andrey NOVAKOV
5

Latvia PPE

2

Slovakia PPE

4

Luxembourg PPE

2

Lithuania PPE

3

Finland PPE

For (1)

Petri SARVAMAA
1

Belgium PPE

4

Slovenia PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

David CASA
1

Greece PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Riho TERRAS
1

PPE

1

Poland PPE

10
icon: S&D S&D
101

Germany S&D

11

Italy S&D

12

Spain S&D

18

France S&D

5

Netherlands S&D

6

Sweden S&D

5

Portugal S&D

5

Austria S&D

4

Denmark S&D

3

Czechia S&D

For (1)

Radka MAXOVÁ
1

Romania S&D

2

Croatia S&D

4

Bulgaria S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Marc ANGEL
1

Lithuania S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Belgium S&D

For (1)

Maria ARENA
1

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Matjaž NEMEC
1

Hungary S&D

4

Malta S&D

2

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Sven MIKSER
1

Poland S&D

5
icon: Renew Renew
84

Germany Renew

4

Italy Renew

For (1)

Nicola DANTI
1

Spain Renew

8

France Renew

Abstain (1)

Nathalie LOISEAU
20

Netherlands Renew

7

Sweden Renew

3

Austria Renew

For (1)

Claudia GAMON
1

Ireland Renew

For (1)

Billy KELLEHER
1

Denmark Renew

6

Czechia Renew

4

Romania Renew

5

Croatia Renew

For (1)

Valter FLEGO
1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Latvia Renew

For (1)

Ivars IJABS
1

Slovakia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Finland Renew

2

Belgium Renew

4

Slovenia Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2

Estonia Renew

2

Poland Renew

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
60

Germany Verts/ALE

21

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

4

France Verts/ALE

9

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

Pär HOLMGREN
1

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Tilly METZ
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Sylwia SPUREK
1
icon: The Left The Left
24

Germany The Left

2

Spain The Left

4

France The Left

6

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Portugal The Left

For (1)

Marisa MATIAS
1

Ireland The Left

4

Denmark The Left

1

Czechia The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

Silvia MODIG
1

Belgium The Left

Abstain (1)

Marc BOTENGA
1

Greece The Left

1
icon: NI NI
22

Germany NI

Against (1)

Jörg MEUTHEN
2

Italy NI

Abstain (1)

Francesca DONATO
8

Spain NI

3

France NI

Against (2)

Hervé JUVIN, Nicolas BAY
2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

Marcel de GRAAFF
1

Croatia NI

Abstain (1)

Mislav KOLAKUŠIĆ
2

Latvia NI

1

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

Milan UHRÍK
1

Hungary NI

Against (1)

Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
1

Greece NI

1
icon: ID ID
51

Germany ID

8

Italy ID

19

France ID

15

Austria ID

Against (2)

Georg MAYER, Roman HAIDER
2

Denmark ID

Against (1)

Anders VISTISEN
1

Czechia ID

Against (1)

Hynek BLAŠKO

Abstain (1)

Ivan DAVID
2

Belgium ID

3

Estonia ID

Against (1)

Jaak MADISON
1
icon: ECR ECR
47

Germany ECR

Against (1)

Lars Patrick BERG
1

Italy ECR

5

Netherlands ECR

Against (1)

Bert-Jan RUISSEN
3

Sweden ECR

2

Czechia ECR

3

Romania ECR

Against (1)

Cristian TERHEŞ
1

Bulgaria ECR

Against (1)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI
1

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

Eugen JURZYCA
1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Finland ECR

2

Belgium ECR

3

Poland ECR

24

RC-B9-0219/2023 - § 32 #

2023/04/20 Outcome: +: 404, -: 80, 0: 40
DE ES IT FR NL RO PT SE AT DK IE BG HR CZ BE LU LT FI LV SK SI HU EE MT EL ?? PL
Total
76
47
54
66
27
19
14
18
15
14
12
11
10
17
18
6
8
10
5
11
5
7
5
3
4
1
41
icon: PPE PPE
131

Germany PPE

26

Spain PPE

8

Italy PPE

6

France PPE

7

Netherlands PPE

6

Romania PPE

Abstain (1)

Loránt VINCZE
9

Portugal PPE

6

Sweden PPE

6

Austria PPE

6

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Ireland PPE

5

Bulgaria PPE

5

Croatia PPE

Against (1)

Tomislav SOKOL
4

Czechia PPE

Abstain (1)

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
3

Belgium PPE

4

Luxembourg PPE

2

Lithuania PPE

3

Finland PPE

For (1)

Petri SARVAMAA
1

Latvia PPE

2

Slovakia PPE

Abstain (1)

Ivan ŠTEFANEC
4

Slovenia PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Riho TERRAS
1

Malta PPE

For (1)

David CASA
1

Greece PPE

2

PPE

1

Poland PPE

10
icon: S&D S&D
103

Germany S&D

11

Spain S&D

20

Italy S&D

13

France S&D

5

Netherlands S&D

6

Romania S&D

2

Portugal S&D

5

Sweden S&D

5

Austria S&D

4

Denmark S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

2

Croatia S&D

4

Czechia S&D

For (1)

Radka MAXOVÁ
1

Belgium S&D

For (1)

Maria ARENA
1

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Marc ANGEL
1

Lithuania S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Latvia S&D

For (1)

Nils UŠAKOVS
1

Slovakia S&D

For (1)

Robert HAJŠEL
2

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Matjaž NEMEC
1

Hungary S&D

4

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Sven MIKSER
1

Malta S&D

2

Poland S&D

5
icon: Renew Renew
85

Germany Renew

4

Spain Renew

8

Italy Renew

For (1)

Nicola DANTI
1

France Renew

21

Netherlands Renew

7

Romania Renew

6

Sweden Renew

3

Denmark Renew

6

Ireland Renew

For (1)

Billy KELLEHER
1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Croatia Renew

For (1)

Valter FLEGO
1

Czechia Renew

4

Belgium Renew

4

Luxembourg Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Finland Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

Ivars IJABS
1

Slovakia Renew

3

Slovenia Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2

Estonia Renew

2

Poland Renew

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
59

Germany Verts/ALE

21

Spain Verts/ALE

4

Italy Verts/ALE

2

France Verts/ALE

9

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

Pär HOLMGREN
1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Tilly METZ
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Sylwia SPUREK
1
icon: The Left The Left
25

Germany The Left

2

Spain The Left

4

France The Left

6

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Portugal The Left

2

Sweden The Left

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Denmark The Left

1

Ireland The Left

4

Czechia The Left

Against (1)

Kateřina KONEČNÁ
1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

Marc BOTENGA
1

Finland The Left

For (1)

Silvia MODIG
1

Greece The Left

1
icon: NI NI
21

Germany NI

Against (1)

Jörg MEUTHEN
2

Spain NI

3

Italy NI

Abstain (1)

Francesca DONATO
8

France NI

Against (2)

Hervé JUVIN, Nicolas BAY
2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

Marcel de GRAAFF
1

Croatia NI

Abstain (1)

Ivan Vilibor SINČIĆ
1

Latvia NI

1

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

Milan UHRÍK
1

Hungary NI

Against (1)

Márton GYÖNGYÖSI
1

Greece NI

1
icon: ID ID
53

Germany ID

9

Italy ID

For (1)

Gianna GANCIA
19

France ID

16

Austria ID

Abstain (2)

Georg MAYER, Roman HAIDER
2

Denmark ID

Abstain (1)

Anders VISTISEN
1

Czechia ID

Against (2)

Hynek BLAŠKO, Ivan DAVID
2

Belgium ID

3

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

Jaak MADISON
1
icon: ECR ECR
47

Germany ECR

Against (1)

Lars Patrick BERG
1

Italy ECR

5

Netherlands ECR

3

Romania ECR

Against (1)

Cristian TERHEŞ
1

Sweden ECR

2

Bulgaria ECR

Against (1)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI
1

Czechia ECR

3

Belgium ECR

3

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Finland ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

Eugen JURZYCA
1

Poland ECR

24

RC-B9-0219/2023 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #

2023/04/20 Outcome: +: 416, -: 62, 0: 36
FR DE ES NL SE BE PT AT CZ RO DK IE BG HR FI SK HU LT LV LU SI EE MT EL ?? IT PL
Total
63
74
45
27
18
17
14
16
16
19
14
12
11
10
10
8
7
8
6
6
5
5
3
4
1
54
41
icon: PPE PPE
125

France PPE

7

Germany PPE

24

Spain PPE

7

Netherlands PPE

6

Sweden PPE

6

Belgium PPE

4

Portugal PPE

6

Austria PPE

6

Czechia PPE

Abstain (1)

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ
3

Romania PPE

9

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Ireland PPE

5

Bulgaria PPE

5

Croatia PPE

3

Finland PPE

For (1)

Petri SARVAMAA
1

Slovakia PPE

1

Lithuania PPE

3

Latvia PPE

2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Riho TERRAS
1

Malta PPE

For (1)

David CASA
1

Greece PPE

2

PPE

1

Italy PPE

7

Poland PPE

10
icon: S&D S&D
102

France S&D

5

Germany S&D

11

Spain S&D

20

Netherlands S&D

6

Sweden S&D

5

Belgium S&D

For (1)

Maria ARENA
1

Portugal S&D

5

Austria S&D

4

Czechia S&D

For (1)

Radka MAXOVÁ
1

Romania S&D

2

Denmark S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

2

Croatia S&D

4

Finland S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

2

Hungary S&D

4

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Marc ANGEL
1

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Matjaž NEMEC
1

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Sven MIKSER
1

Malta S&D

2

Italy S&D

11

Poland S&D

5
icon: Renew Renew
84

France Renew

20

Germany Renew

4

Spain Renew

7

Netherlands Renew

7

Sweden Renew

3

Belgium Renew

4

Austria Renew

For (1)

Claudia GAMON
1

Czechia Renew

4

Romania Renew

6

Denmark Renew

6

Ireland Renew

For (1)

Billy KELLEHER
1

Bulgaria Renew

3

Croatia Renew

For (1)

Valter FLEGO
1

Finland Renew

2

Slovakia Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

Ivars IJABS
1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Slovenia Renew

2

Estonia Renew

2

Italy Renew

For (1)

Nicola DANTI
1

Poland Renew

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
60

France Verts/ALE

9

Germany Verts/ALE

21

Spain Verts/ALE

4

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

Pär HOLMGREN
1

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Tilly METZ
1

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Sylwia SPUREK
1
icon: The Left The Left
24

France The Left

6

Germany The Left

2

Spain The Left

4

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

Marc BOTENGA
1

Portugal The Left

2

Denmark The Left

1

Ireland The Left

4

Finland The Left

For (1)

Silvia MODIG
1

Greece The Left

1
icon: NI NI
21

France NI

Abstain (1)

Nicolas BAY
1

Germany NI

Abstain (1)

Jörg MEUTHEN
2

Spain NI

3

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

Marcel de GRAAFF
1

Croatia NI

2

Slovakia NI

Abstain (1)

Milan UHRÍK
1

Hungary NI

1

Latvia NI

1

Greece NI

1

Italy NI

Against (1)

Francesca DONATO

Abstain (1)

Francesca PEPPUCCI
8
icon: ID ID
52

France ID

Against (1)

Patricia CHAGNON
15

Germany ID

Abstain (1)

Sylvia LIMMER
9

Belgium ID

3

Austria ID

Abstain (2)

Georg MAYER, Roman HAIDER
2

Czechia ID

For (1)

Ivan DAVID

Against (1)

Hynek BLAŠKO
2

Denmark ID

Abstain (1)

Anders VISTISEN
1

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

Jaak MADISON
1

Italy ID

For (1)

Gianna GANCIA
19
icon: ECR ECR
46

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

Lars Patrick BERG
1

Netherlands ECR

3

Sweden ECR

For (1)

Johan NISSINEN

Abstain (1)

Peter LUNDGREN
2

Belgium ECR

2

Czechia ECR

3

Romania ECR

Against (1)

Cristian TERHEŞ
1

Bulgaria ECR

Against (1)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI
1

Finland ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

Eugen JURZYCA
1

Lithuania ECR

Abstain (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Italy ECR

5

Poland ECR

Abstain (1)

Ryszard CZARNECKI
24

History

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 416 votes to 62, with 36 abstentions, a resolution on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda.
  • The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, The Left groups and Members.
  • The resolution highlighted that 61 countries around the globe - mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia - criminalise homosexuality and transgender identity by law. In Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Brunei, Northern Nigeria, Mauritania and Pakistan, the penalty for consensual same-sex sexual acts is death. However, there is a global movement towards decriminalising homosexuality and transgender identity, as the number of countries that criminalise consensual same-sex acts has decreased from 113 in 1990 to 64 in 2023. This movement is being fuelled by an increasing realisation that laws that criminalise homosexuality and transgender identity are discriminatory and violate fundamental human rights, and that societal progress demands equal access to rights.
  • Recent developments in Uganda
  • Parliament condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the Bill adopted on 21 March 2023 by the Ugandan Parliament, which increases sentences and widens the scope of Uganda’s legislation criminalising homosexuality and transgender identity. It considered that its adoption is in stark violation of the Ugandan Constitution and Uganda’s international obligations arising from the African Charter and the UN international law architecture, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ICCPR and the UN Charter. It is also alarmed by the fact that only 2 out of 389 legislators voted against the Bill and deplored the comments by President Museveni, who has further contributed to the hateful rhetoric about LGBTIQ persons. Members consider that the promulgation of this Bill would inevitably strain relations between the EU and Uganda and would require the EU to re-orient its focus.
  • The situation of decriminalisation in the world
  • Parliament unambiguously condemned all laws, practices and official positions criminalising homosexuality and transgender identity and reiterated its unwavering opposition to the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances. It is worried about the current global anti-rights, anti-gender and anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric movements, which are fuelled by some political and religious leaders around the world, including within the EU.
  • The resolution recalled that protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people throughout the world is a priority for the EU and that the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity is an objective that the EU should continue to pursue for as long as necessary.
  • Parliament called for the following action:
  • - the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity;
  • - the universal abolishment of the death penalty.
  • The Ugandan authorities are called on to:
  • - investigate, prosecute and sanction all hate-based attacks against individuals and organisations as a result of the adoption of the Bill, and to stop any retaliatory actions against civil society organisations involved in human rights and LGBTIQ advocacy, such as raids and the blocking of bank accounts, as the latter are crucial to providing community-based services.
  • The Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) should use all necessary diplomatic, legal and financial means to convince the President to not sign the law and establish an EU strategy for the universal decimalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity.
  • If the Bill is signed into law by the Ugandan President, Parliament should, inter alia :
  • - call on the Commission to consider withdrawing EBA preferences for Uganda on the basis of serious and systemic human rights violations;
  • - insist that decisions taken and sanctions adopted in relation to Uganda should, as a priority, target and affect the political and religious leaders who instigated and supported the Bill;
  • - call on the EEAS to increase its efforts in ensuring that Ugandan human rights defenders have access to funding, support, protection, relocation, visas and shelter, when appropriate, in line with the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders;
  • - call on the Commission, under the supervision of the VP/HR, to mobilise all external policies of the EU to achieve the objective of establishing an EU strategy for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity.
  • Lastly, Parliament stressed the importance of safe and legal EU pathways for people in need of international protection, including LGBTIQ people fleeing countries where they risk being persecuted because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.
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