HRC session 42 (September 2019) - ILGA World's engagement


HRC 42 - 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Geneva, 9 - 27 September 2019
ILGA's involvement at the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC)

A summary of SOGIESC issues mentioned in the reports presented during the 42nd Human Rights Council session is available here.

In this section:

Statements at the HRC

  • Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
  • Item 5 general debate - Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms
  • Item 8 general debate
  • Item 10 general debate

Side events

Adoption of UPR outcomes

  • Albania
  • Costa Rica

Statements at the HRC

(statements will be added as the session unfolds)

INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

In this joint statement by ILGA World and RFSL, activists from 17 countries reminded the Human Righta Council that LGBTI people face barriers to accessing safe and adequate facilities of drinking water and sanitation - a major human rights violation that leads to increased marginalisation and economic disempowerment.

Click here to read the statement or watch the video below

 

ITEM 5 GENERAL DEBATE - HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS

In this statement, we joined other human rights organisations to share Special Procedure mandate holders' concern about the global retrenchment against the values and obligations embedded in international human rights law, and the challenges they spell out with regard to non-cooperation.

Click here to read the statement or watch the video below

 

ITEM 8 GENERAL DEBATE

In this statement, we joined other human rights organisations to highlight how legal and policy barriers to safe abortion make unsafe abortion one of the global leading causes for maternal mortality: legal, policy, social cultural and economic barriers to access safe abortion must be addressed.

Click here to read the statement or watch the video below

 

ITEM 10 GENERAL DEBATE

In this statement, we shared with the UN Human Rights Council a few recent best practices in taking progressive measures to protect the rights of LGBTI persons.

Click here to read the statement or watch the video below

Side events

(notes about the event will be added as the session unfolds)

Infertility and human rights

ILGA World has supported a side event organised by the Center for Reproductive Rights, looking at the issue of infertility and human rights.
The event was aimed to create a space to speak about (in)fertility, its prevalence, prevention, causes and impact, as well as its human rights and gender equality dimensions. Click here to learn more (a video recording of this event will be available soon)

 

Adoption of UPR outcomes

ALBANIA

In this statement, made in consultation with four LGBTI civil society organisations from Albania and ERA - LGBTI Equal Rights Association, we commended Albania for its support to the renewal of the mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity, but we also noted how the situation of LGBTI people in Albania remains of great concerns, and urged the Government to make their position public on various issues related to LGBTI rights.

Read the full statement here or watch the video below

 

COSTA RICA

In this statement - prepared in consultation with Mulabi - we noted how the State has made progress on human rights for LGBTI people, but highlighted how worrying it is that these advances could be removed by any government, as they are not enshrined in laws.

Read the full statement here or watch the video below