TGEU The ProTrans project ProTrans project partner and previous TGEU co-chair, Red Umbrella and TGEU also drafted a briefing docu- On behalf of the ProTrans partnership, TGEU submitted a suffered ill-treatment at the Esat Police Station (Anka- ment for the European Commission against Racism and report containing a collection of transphobic hate crimes ra). When s_he sought protection from a brutal sexual Intolerance (ECRI) country visit to Turkey in November and hate incidents that took place in Europe in 2014 and assault, theft, threats and insults, police officers offend- 2015. ECRI’s objectives are to review member states’ were recorded and verified by TGEU and its partner or- ed and threatened hir and hir lawyer, failed to stop fur- legislation, policies and other measures to combat rac- ganisations for the OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting. ther abuse by the perpetrators and tried to prevent hir ism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism from filing a complaint. and intolerance, as well as their effectiveness; to pro- Most of the cases were documented within the frame- pose further action at the local, national and European work of the ProTrans and the Trans Murder Monitoring Transgender Europe, in partnership with four other Eu- levels; to formulate general policy recommendations to project of TGEU, a systematic collection, monitoring and ropean human-rights networks, sent a letter to Turkish member states; and to study international legal instru- analysis of reported killings of gender-variant/trans peo- authorities to urge them to instigate the incident swiftly ments applicable in the matter with a view to enforcing ple worldwide. The submission also contains cases from and offer a comprehensive and systematic response to them where appropriate. Transgender Equality Network Ireland’s (TENI) Stop ensure respect for the rule of law and protect the basic Transphobia and Discrimination (STAD) campaign. The human rights of trans people and sex workers. The let- STAD project raises awareness about transphobic vio- ter was sent to human-rights-monitoring bodies to call lence in Ireland and enables the trans community to re- for a follow up on the investigation of the assault against port hate crimes and incidents in a safe environment and Kemal Ördek and the behaviour of police officers at the without fear of ridicule or discrimination. Other sources Esat Police Station, as the incident was symptomatic of of information include police and media reports. the treatment of trans sex workers in Turkey. Moreover, TGEU and partners asked these bodies to keep pressing Turkish authorities for immediate and long-term measures to improve the situation of trans people and sex workers in Turkey. TGEU’s 2014 hate crime submission is available: http://www.tgeu.org/transphobic_crimes_2014/ Cover photo of solidarity action with Kemal Ordek, ProTrans project partner + 24 + + 25 +