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These Guidelines are intended to provide legal interpretative guidance for governments, legal practitioners, decision makers and the judiciary, as well as UNHCR staff carrying out refugee status determination under its mandate. These Guidelines provide...

The Advanced Reading Packet is a collection of reports and fact sheets that are useful to read prior to participating in a LGBTI training session. The following documents are included in this packet:

In situations of forced displacement, individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and other diverse identities (LGBTIQ+) have the same rights and basic needs as, and face the same challenges as, other displaced persons. In a...

Training package for a wide range of practitioners serving in the fields of migration and humanitarian assistance. The primary audience will be staff members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization fo...

Weekly updates on SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics) issues, presented during the 36th Human Rights Council session. Issues mentioned in the reports are among other things: promotion and protection of a...

The guide is intended to help human rights defenders approach, engage and enlist the backing of business for measures that promote equality and respect for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bi, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons. It also offers co...

Due to the discrimination and abuse they experience, many LGBTI people, including adolescents, flee their home countries and seek protection abroad. The multiple vulnerabilities that LGBTI refugees (applicable to asylum-seekers and, depending on the con...

The theme of the present report is "Embrace diversity and energize humanity". Key developments in 2017 are noted, particularly in regard to the progression of human rights law and practice at the international and national levels; intersectionality betw...

Summary: In the present report, the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madriga - Borloz, discusses the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the