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Overview of this year's meeting of the Third Committee, october-november 2008. A number of the Special Procedures recently appointed by the Human Rights Council presented their reports. Sexual orientation and/or gender identity issues were addressed by...

The Activist's Guide is a toolkit, designed to facilitate a deeper understanding of the Yogyakarta Principles and to encourage their use. The hope is that the Guide will encourage a further exploration of the Principles, and the international human righ...

Whilst there was no specific initiative on sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) during this session of the HRC, the issues were brought in as relevant concerns under many agenda items and debates. The High Commissioner for Human Rights has been...

There are a number of opportunities to raise awareness of human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity at the upcoming 20th session of the Human Rights Council. These include general debate following the update by the High Com...

Human rights issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) were consistently raised during the 21st session of the Human Rights Council. The session was opened by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who expressed his support for Cou...

The release of the third report of the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) and the first report by the current mandate holder, Víctor Madrigal-Borlioz, provides us another opportunity to assess the workings of the mandat...

This article makes the case for why the mandate of the Independent Expert on SOGI must be renewed based on an analysis of the work of the Independent Expert in three areas, namely country visits, sending letters of allegation to individual countries and...

Comprehensive overview of the impact the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has had on advancing the rights of LGBTI persons. Acknowledging the role of the UPR as the most progressive arena for the protection of the LGBTI rights at an international level,...

A compilation of the key statements, documents and outcomes of the adoption on june 30 2016 of the Resolution establishing the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.