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Victor Madrigal-Borloz Appointed as New UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Today, Victor Madrigal-Borloz was appointed the new United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI). The Human Rights Council formally confirmed his position as the IE SOGI in a plenary.
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LGBT Country Profiles Track Shifting Terrain
Human Rights Watch has published during Pride Month a compilation of the records of 63 countries in recognising and protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
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Failed Attempt to Defund the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Two days before Christmas, a group of conservative states at the United Nations made a final attempt to stop the Independent Expert on the “protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,” by stripping the mandate of standard UN funding.
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United National General Assembly Protects SOGI Independent Expert Mandate
Today in the United Nations General Assembly, a cross-regional group of states affirmed the principles of universal human rights by blocking a hostile attempt to prevent the work established by the UN Human Rights Council of the Independent Expert on Discrimination and Violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
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United Nations SOGI Mandate Safeguarded in Face of Hostility
The United Nations mandate of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) has been safeguarded despite hostile contestation at the 71st Session of the 3rd Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City.
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Homophobic African countries ask UN suspend LGBT expert
African countries on Friday demanded that the appointment of a new UN expert on LGBT rights be suspended, saying his mission to report on anti-gay violence had nothing to do with human rights.