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The ICJ (International Commission of Jurists) is writing to express its concern at a proposed amendment to the Administrative Code that, if enacted, would undermine Lithuania's obligations under international human rights law. According to the informati...

In 2009 the International Commission of Jurists began to gather together national court decisions that addressed questions concerning sexual orientation and gender identity. It did so because it had become evident that battles over some of the most cont...

This guide offers a comprehensive review of the fundamental principles underlying legal advocacy on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. Drawing on the Yogyakarta Principles, this guide offers a detailed analysis of the legal foundations fo...

Practitioners' guide to claims to refugee status for reasons of sexual orientation and/or gender identity in the context of the refugee definition in Article 1A of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as

Expert legal opinion to the applicant?s legal counsel in the case of ?X? before the Swedish Migration Agency with a view to assisting them in assessing ?X??s asylum claim. The case in the context of which this expert legal opinion was submitted concerns...

Documents the challenges queer persons in India face while trying to access justice, starting from the impact of laws that criminalize people for their real or imputed sexual orientation and gender identity; to police harassment, violence and abuse; and...

This report details human rights violations suffered by LGBTQ persons in their family homes, workplaces, and public spaces including streets, public toilets, public transport and shopping centres. It identifies a wide range of violations and abuses of r...

The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 was adopted on 10 November, 2017 to supplement the Yogyakarta Principles. The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 document emerged from the intersection of the developments in international human rights law with the emerging...

The briefing paper analyzes some of the more salient provisions of the Act in light of Pakistan's obligations under international human rights law. The paper specifically addresses: the definition of transgender people - and the difference between trans...

This report analyzes different aspects of violence experienced by LGBT persons, despite the different levels of protection provided by the law. To illustrate this complex pattern, this report discusses three systemic and widespread human rights violatio...