The initiative has already collected 172.047 signatures and France and Finland have exceeded their target number.
Spain has collected a total of 20.063 signatures in a campaign of entities LGTBIQ + de Europe, among which is the LGTBI+ State Federation, to ban conversion therapies in the European Union. Thus, through the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), they urge the European Commission to ban conversion practices in all Member States following amendments to the offences of UE; the Equality Directive and the Victims' Rights Directives.
Federations from different European countries have joined the international organization Against Conversion Therapy (ACT), to make this call and demand that the UE to act «with determination and firmness on this pressing issue and this crucial step to safeguard the fundamental rights of European citizens«.
In this regard, according to the FELGTBI+, the campaign has already achieved 172.047 supports, but aims to reach one million among countries that make up the UE. For that, Spain must collect 41.595 signatures, of which 21.532 are missing, so it follows that it has already obtained 48%.
Homogenize the rules throughout the European Union
The Foreign Relations spokesperson of the LGTBI+ State Federation, Óscar Rodríguez, has indicated in statements that the conversion therapies are "a clear violation of human rights» and has warned of «They have a huge impact on people's lives.» who submit to them.
He also highlighted that, according to data from the European Parliament Research Office, at least to a 5% of LGTBIQ+ people who reside in the European Union They have been offered this type of internship.so harmful and not supported by science«. He also added that 2% of the European population of the group has suffered «This type of torture«.
«We believe it is important to support this initiative because only eight Member States of the European Union They persecute them in some way, and this persecution varies. In some countries it is done through criminal means, in other cases, such as that of Spain, through administrative means, so it would be interesting to standardize the rules throughout the European Union in that regard.", he stressed Rodríguez. Definitions vary from one Member State to another.That is why it is so important to establish this type of Eurocrime in order to be able to pursue this type of practice regardless of the European Union State in which it is carried out.", he added.
If you want to support the campaign you can do so at this link: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
