Rainbow Europe ranks all 49 European countries on a scale between 0% (gross violations of human rights, discrimination) and 100% (respect of human rights, full equality).
The countries are ranked on the basis of laws and policies that have a direct impact on the LGBTI people’s human rights in under 7 categories: equality and non-discrimination; family; hate crime and hate speech; legal gender recognition; bodily integrity; civil society space; and asylum.
Malta scored the highest result for the seventh year in a row with 92%. Poland scored only 13%, leaving behind Belarus and Russia with 12% and 8% respectively. The country which had the lowest score was Azerbaijan (2%).
In the ranking of European Union member states, Poland had the worst score of all 27 countries.
Autorka/Autor: gf
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, ILGA-Europe