ILGA World maps

ILGA World maps are among the most shared visual representations of how LGBTIQ people are affected by laws and policies around the world.

The scope of our long-standing rights mapping has expanded thanks to the ILGA World Database. With that platform, ILGA maps have become interactive and constantly updated, to better cover sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender., gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. and expression, and sex characteristicsa term that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty. (SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity & expression, and sex characteristics.) issues globally.

Our LGBTIQ rights maps cover more than 100 topics, as well as how SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity & expression, and sex characteristics. issues are addressed in international human rights mechanisms like the Universal Periodic Review, Treaty Bodies, or Special Proceduresindependent human rights experts within the UN Human Rights Council with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective. They are non-paid and elected for 3-year mandates that can be re-conducted for another three years. Special procedures can undertake country visits, and act on individual cases of reported violations by sending communications to States and others. They also engage in advocacy, raise public awareness, provide advice for technical cooperation, and contribute to the development of international human rights standards.
within the United Nationsan international organisation comprising 193 member States. It has the mission of maintaining peace and security, protecting human rights, providing humanitarian aid and ensuring economic and social development across the globe. It is a network of many different bodies and agencies, each of which has a particular role and responsibility..

With their easily understandable visual representations, ILGA World maps are powerful tools for social justice in the hands of human rights defenders, policymakers, journalists, academia, and all those interested in getting the facts right about the human rights of LGBTIQ people. Access the ILGA World Database to interact with our maps and download them for free, and find a selection of our latest maps below.