The event brought more than 230 representatives and included a ministerial meeting aimed at improving dialogue on hate and violence on sexual orientation and gender identity grounds.
The ministers, including from Serbia, Finland, the Netherlands, Malta, and Sweden, signed a joint statement on the prevention of hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and/or intersex persons, underlining the importance of promoting a common policy of equality, diversity and inclusion of such persons.
The forum was also attended by senior delegations from South Africa, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, the European Union, the Council of Europe, and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The first IDAHO forum was held in the Netherlands in 2013 and the second in Malta.
Croatia is fifth on a list of 49 European countries based on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning (LGBTIQ) individuals, according to ILGA-Europe, which comprises more than 400 LGBTIQ organisations.
Croatia ensures 71 percent of LGBT rights, more than Norway, Finland and the Netherlands.
Topping the list is Great Britain, ensuring 86% of those rights, followed by Belgium (86%), Malta (77%), and Sweden (72%). At the bottom of the rankings are Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia and Ukraine, ensuring less than 10% of LGBT rights.
The list was made based on six criteria - equality and non-discrimination; family; hate crimes; legal recognition of gender with respect for physical integrity; freedom of assembly, association and expression; and asylum.