Everything you need to know about LGBTI Advocacy at the 2018 UNGA

The UN LGBTI Core Group will organize its sixth high level event during UN World Leaders Week of the 73rd General Assembly. Given the upcoming negotiations in the Third Committee, the particular focus of the event will be on the need to address extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions perpetrated on the basis of one's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics. The event will include the first formal speeches on LGBTI human rights by Secretary General Antonio Gutterres and the newly appointed High Commissioner on Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, and a panel discussion between Moderator Jessica Stern and Ugandan Activist Kasha Nabagesera, the Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and National Geographic Photographer Robin Hammond.