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So far, the Treaty Bodies have reviewed cased related to LGBT persons only. Cases are grouped in the table by topics and in chronological order within each topic.
as of 11 February 2021
Committee |
Case title |
Communication number |
Submission date |
Views date |
Relevant articles |
Subject matter |
Documents |
Result |
Criminalisation of same-sex relations |
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HRCtee |
Toonen v. Australia |
488/1992 |
25 Dec 1991 |
31 Mar 1994 |
2(1) ICCPR |
Criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations between adults |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
Dean v. Australia |
1512/2006 |
8 Sep 2006 |
17 Mar 2009 |
26 ICCPR |
Prosecution for same-sex relations with a minor |
Views |
Violation |
Asylum seekers |
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CAT |
K.S.Y. v. Netherlands |
190/2001 |
5 Jan 2001 |
15 May 2003 |
3 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a gay man to Iran |
Views |
No violation |
CAT |
E.J.V.M. v. Sweden |
213/2002 |
17 May 2002 |
14 Nov 2003 |
3 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a bisexual man to Costa Rica |
Views |
No violation |
CAT |
Uttam Mondal v. Sweden |
338/2008 |
30 Nov 2007 |
23 May 2011 |
3 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a gay man to Bangladesh |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
X. v. Sweden |
1833/2008 |
26 Nov 2008 |
1 Nov 2011 |
6 ICCPR |
Deportation of a bisexual man to Afghanistan |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
M.I. v. Sweden |
2149/2012 |
7 May 2012 |
25 Jul 2013 |
7 ICCPR |
Deportation of a lesbian woman to Bangladesh |
Views |
Violation |
CAT |
J.K. v. Canada |
562/2013 |
29 Sep 2013 |
23 Nov 2015 |
3 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a gay man and LGBT activist to Uganda |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
M.K.H. v. Denmark |
2462/2014 |
26 Sep 2014 |
12 Jul 2016 |
7 ICCPR |
Deportation of a gay man to Bangladesh |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
M.Z.B.M. v. Denmark |
2593/2015 |
31 Mar 2015 |
20 Mar 2017 |
7 ICCPR |
Deportation of a trans woman to Malaysia |
Views |
No violation |
CAT |
E.A. v. Sweden |
690/2015 |
20 Jul 2015 |
11 Aug 2017 |
3 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a gay man to Lebanon |
Views |
No violation |
CEDAW |
A.S. v. Denmark |
80/2015 |
28 Jan 2015 |
26 Feb 2018 |
1 CEDAW Convention |
Deportation of a lesbian woman to Uganda |
Decision |
Inadmissible |
HRCtee |
W.K. v. Canada |
2292/2013 |
23 Oct 2013 |
27 Mar 2018 |
6(1) ICCPR |
Deportation of a gay man to Egypt |
Views |
No violation |
HRCtee |
Z.B. v. Hungary |
2768/2016 |
23 May 2016 |
19 Jul 2018 |
2(3)(a) ICCPR |
Deportation of a woman, who allegedly suffered from violence based on her sister’s sexual orientation in Cameroon, to Serbia, where she had been raped and captured |
Decision |
Inadmissible |
CAT |
Joyce Nakato Nakawunde v. Canada |
615/2014 |
25 Jun 2014 |
3 Aug 2018 |
1 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a lesbian woman to Uganda |
Decision |
Inadmissible |
CAT |
H.R.E.S. v. Switzerland |
783/2016 |
15 Nov 2016 |
9 Aug 2018 |
3 CAT Convention |
Deportation of a gay man to Iran |
Decision |
No violation |
CRC |
A.B. v. Finland |
51/2018 |
27 Jun 2018 |
4 Feb 2021 |
2 CRC |
Deportation of a Russian female same-sex couple and their 7-year-old child to Russia |
Views |
Violation |
Violence / Hate crimes / Hate speech |
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HRCtee |
Ernazarov v. Kyrgyzstan |
2054/2011 |
11 Mar 2011 |
25 Mar 2015 |
2(3) ICCPR |
Death of a person convicted of “forced sodomy” in a police station as a result of inter-prisoner violence against gay men and sex-offenders |
Views |
Violation |
CAT |
D.C. and D.E. v. Georgia |
573/2013 |
1 Jul 2013 |
12 May 2017 |
1 CAT Convention |
Vulnerability of a detained person subjected to torture, including attempted rape, by police |
Views |
Violation |
CEDAW |
K.K. v. Russian Federation |
98/2016 |
7 Dec 2015 |
25 Feb 2019 |
2 CEDAW Convention |
Discrimination, hate speech |
Decision |
Inadmissible |
CEDAW |
O.N. and D.P. v. Russian Federation |
119/2017 |
24 Mar 2017 |
24 Feb 2020 |
1 CEDAW Convention |
Hate crime, lack of effective investigation, sexual orientation, gender-based discrimination |
Views |
Violation |
Freedom of expression / Freedom of assembly and association |
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HRCtee |
Hertzberg et al. v. Finland |
061/1979 |
7 Aug 1979 |
2 Apr 1982 |
19 ICCPR |
Censuring radio and TV programmes dealing with sexual orientation |
Views |
No violation |
HRCtee |
Fedotova v. Russian Federation |
1932/2010 |
10 Feb 2010 |
31 Oct 2012 |
19 ICCPR |
Administrative fine for “gay propaganda among minors” for displaying LGBT posters |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
Alekseev v. Russian Federation |
1873/2009 |
25 Mar 2009 |
25 Oct 2013 |
21 ICCPR |
Refusal to authorise a picket against execution of gay people in Iran |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
Praded v. Belarus |
2092/2011 |
20 Jun 2010 |
10 Oct 2014 |
19(2) ICCPR |
Arrest and imposition of a fine for holding of a peaceful assembly against killings of gay people in Iran without prior authorisation |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
Androsenko v. Belarus |
2092/2011 |
20 Jun 2010 |
30 Mar 2016 |
19(2) ICCPR |
Views |
Violation |
|
HRCtee |
Nepomnyaschiy v. Russian Federation |
2318/2013 |
5 Oct 2013 |
17 Jul 2018 |
19 ICCPR |
Administrative fine for “gay propaganda among minors” for displaying LGBT posters |
Views |
Violation |
LGBTI families |
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HRCtee |
Joslin et al. v. New Zealand |
902/1999 |
30 Nov 1998 |
17 Jul 2002 |
2(1) ICCPR |
No access to marriage for two lesbian couples |
Views |
No violation |
HRCtee |
Young v. Australia |
941/2000 |
29 Jun 1999 |
6 Aug 2003 |
26 ICCPR |
Refusal to grant a pension to a same-sex partner of a deceased man |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
X. v. Colombia |
1361/2005 |
13 Jan 2001 |
30 Mar 2007 |
2(1) ICCPR |
Refusal to grant a pension to a same-sex partner of a deceased man |
Views |
Violation |
HRCtee |
C. v. Australia |
2216/2012 |
27 Apr 2012 |
28 Mar 2017 |
2(1) ICCPR |
Denial of access to divorce proceedings for a lesbian couple married abroad |
Views |
Violation |
Legal gender recognition |
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HRCtee |
G. v. Australia |
2172/2012 |
2 Dec 2011 |
17 Mar 2017 |
2(1) ICCPR |
Divorce requirement for legal gender recognition |
Views |
Violation |
as of 11 February 2021
Committee |
Case Title |
Communication Number |
Submission date |
Stage |
Relevant articles |
Subject matter |
Source of data |
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Criminalisation of Same-Sex Relations |
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CEDAW |
[…] v. Sri Lanka |
134/2018 |
23 August 2018 (submitted) |
Registered (12 October 2018) |
2 CEDAW Convention 5 CEDAW Convention 16 CEDAW |
Criminalisation of lesbian and bisexual women in Sri Lanka |
Human Dignity Trust |
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Asylum Seekers |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Canada |
2957/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
7 ICCPR |
Deportation to Guinea; fear of persecution based on sexual orientation (bisexuality) |
HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017 |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Canada |
2962/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
6(1) ICCPR |
Risk of death and inhuman treatment on grounds of sexual orientation in case of deportation to Senegal |
HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017 |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Canada |
3027/2016 |
No information available |
No information available |
6 ICCPR |
Removal to Turkey, mental health, political/religious/LGBTQI issues |
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Violence / Hate Crimes / Hate Speech |
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HRCtee |
Krikkerik v. Russian Federation |
2992/2017 |
24 May 2016 14 Jun 2017 |
Communications |
2 ICCPR |
Hate crime, lack of effective investigation |
“Coming Out” LGBT Group ISHR, Third-party intervention |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Kyrgyzstan |
2998/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
2(3)(a) ICCPR |
Ill-treatment in detention, forced confession, undocumented detention, discrimination based on sexual orientation |
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Freedom of Expression / Freedom of Assembly and Association |
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HRCtee |
Savolainen v. Russian Federation |
2830/2016 |
December 2014 |
Communications |
19 ICCPR |
Denial of permission to hold a trans rally to LGBT activists |
“Coming Out” LGBT Group |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Russian Federation |
2943/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
21 ICCPR 26 ICCPR |
Denial of permission to hold rallies on LGBT issues to LGBT activists |
HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017 |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Russian Federation |
2953/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
21 ICCPR |
LGBT activists refused authorisation to hold rallies |
HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017 |
|
HRCtee |
[…] v. Russian Federation |
2954/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
21 ICCPR |
LGBT activists refused authorisation to hold rallies |
HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017 |
|
HRCtee |
[…] v. Russian Federation |
3596/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
21 ICCPR 26 ICCPR |
Discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation |
HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2019 |
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LGBTI Families |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Albania |
3031/2017 |
No information available |
No information available |
17 ICCPR 23 ICCPR 26 ICCPR |
Recognition of same-sex partnership |
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Legal gender recognition |
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HRCtee |
[…] v. Seychelles |
3769/2020 |
No information available |
Communications |
16 ICCPR |
The lack of LGR procedure in the State party |
Last updated: 11 February 2021
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