Asia

  • Podcast

15 June 2023

“I hope for a community centre of our own”: a conversation with Enkhmaa Enkhbold (LGBT Centre Mongolia)

  • Press releases & statements

6 September 2018

Indian LGBTI community celebrates the Supreme Court’s ruling on Section 377

The five-judge Bench has declared Section 377 unconstitutional. "As of today, a shameful part of an...

  • United Nations & SOGIESC issues

8 October 2017

Report of the 2016 ILGA World UN pre-conference on engaging with the UN Special Procedures

At the 2016 ILGA World conference, our UN team held a pre-conference focusing on Special Procedures. Read the report of the event

  • Press releases & statements

14 December 2016

700 LGBTI human rights defenders from 101 countries gather in Bangkok for the ILGA World Conference

Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, the first-ever UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender...

  • Press releases & statements

1 December 2016

Vitit Muntarbhorn – keynote speech at 2016 ILGA World Conference

This keynote speech was delivered at the ILGA World Conference opening session in Bangkok on 30 November...

  • Press releases & statements

5 October 2016

Gender incongruence of childhood

A statement on gender incongruence of childhood by the International Lesbian, Gay. Bisexual, Trans and...

  • Campaigns
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30 June 2016

United Nations makes history on sexual orientation and gender identity

United Nations' human rights body establishes an Independent Expert

  • Campaigns
  • Press releases & statements

28 June 2016

628 NGOs from 151 countries call for a SOGI Independent Expert at the UN

628 organisations from 151 countries today called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish a SOGI Independent Expert

  • Press releases & statements

6 June 2016

Civil society alerts UN Committee to risks facing economic, social and cultural rights defenders

Defenders of ESC rights are increasingly facing heightened threats and risks to their health and life as a...