Rights & Diversity

Two resolutions, one by the Council of Europe and the other by the European Parliament, call upon the states of Europe to implement legislative protections guaranteeing the human rights of intersex people across a broad spectrum of their social and personal life. This paper by attorney at law Vasilis Sotiropoulos records the extent to which current Greek legislation is in compliance with the European recommendations in regard to the protection of intersex persons.

Vasilis Sotiropoulos, attorney at law, describes in a coherent text the situation of LGBTQ rights in Greece at the legislative level and points out the gaps and the dangers they entail.

No country is safe from COVID-19 until all countries are safe from COVID-19. To state the obvious: To overcome a pandemic of this magnitude, vaccines must be made available quickly, cheaply, and fairly.

Talking about the establishment of a national committee that will tackle discrimination against LGBTIQ* people in Greece

Online this year, the Select Respect Festival is running on 19-22 November, with over 3.000 participations at the competition, from which 46 short films were selected, along with special screenings such as the "Nimic" movie of Yorgos Lanthimos

Today is a historic day, not only for Greece but with a european impact. More than five years after the start of one of the most important trials in the late history of Greece, a convicting judgment was passed.

Rising antifeminist, homo- and transphobic politics of right-wing parties in Greece, influenced by the orthodox church, are threatening progressive achievements in the country. 

The pandemic has functioned as a peculiar mirror that reflected, reversed or magnified the disproportions of “work” as a social institution. 

The murder of George Floyd has thrown the United States into a state of unrest. President Trump is throwing fuel on the fire in an attempt to increase his re-election chances. The main problem, however, is historical, structural racism – and not just in the U.S. An interview with Bastian Hermisson, Head of the Foundation’s office in Washington, and Mekonnen Mesghena, Head of Migration and Diversity at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin.