European Gay Police Association

The closing conference of the ILGA-Europe project ‘Working with the police and challenging hate crimes in Europe 2008-2011’ is taking place in The Hague on 8 and 9 December 2011. The project was funded by the Dutch government and also supported by the European Union.

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We are deeply moved by the sudden loss of our member and friend

Barend Jacobus Emens

 24 Januari 1951 – 29 August 2011

Barend showed much enthousiasm in favour of the gay-rights within the Dutch and European police. In 1999 he initiated the founding of the gay network “Pink in Blue” of the Amsterdam-Amstelland police in the Netherlands. In 2004 he organized the first EuroGayCops conference in Amsterdam and cofounded the European Gay Police Association of which he was treasurer until 2010. In October 2010 Barend resigned from the executive board of the European Gay Police Association and in februari 2011 he retired from his job at the Amsterdam-Amstelland police force.

We will miss his friendship and devotion.

Executive Board of the European Gay Police Association.

European Policemen and women were on board of Canal boat with LGBT network “Pink in Blue” of Dutch police

On Saturday 6th of August for the third time in a row the “Pink in Blue” network of the Dutch police participated in the Amsterdam Canal parade. On the boat representatives of 14 Dutch Police Regions were present and for the first time they were joined by police workers from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switserland, Spain, Ireland and England. A unique delegation, because for some of these representatives it was the first time they were allowed to be present in a parade in their uniforms. Read the rest of this entry »

Belgrade: 27 May 2011 – 30 May 2011

A three-day international academic conference focused on the challenges and perspectives of people of the Balkans related to human rights on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

Human rights in the Balkan countries are not fully enjoyed, in part because they run counter to the legal, social and religious traditions of those countries. Individual rights and freedom of choice, including sexual and reproductive rights, are compromised or even negated.

States, as the responsible bodies for protecting human rights, have not adequately fulfilled their obligations to civil society and to the general population within their boundaries. The full acknowledgement of human rights and the protection of the sexual freedom of all residents, including the LGBT population, should be organized along the lines of the contemporary standards of international and European human rights.

- Dr. iur. Jovan Kojičić, Conference Chair