Legal mapping

Laws on Us: the image shows the cover of the 2024 report. The text reads: "Laws on Us- A global overview of legal progress and backtracking on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics". The ILGA World logo sits at the bottom right of the image
  • Legal mapping
  • Research

30 May 2024

Laws on Us: A global overview of legal progress and backtracking on SOGIESC

"Laws on Us" is a global overview of legal developments affecting our communities across the world on the grounds of SOGIESC

  • Legal mapping
  • Research

11 December 2023

Intersex Legal Mapping Report (2023)

The "Intersex Legal Mapping Report" offers a global survey on legal protections for people born with variations in sex characteristics

  • Legal mapping
  • Research

29 November 2023

Our identities under arrest (2023)

"Our Identities Under Arrest" explores the application of laws criminalising consensual same-sex sexual acts and diverse gender expressions

  • Legal mapping

21 March 2023

ILGA World Database

The ILGA World Database is a unique knowledge base on laws, human rights bodies, advocacy opportunities, and news related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics issues worldwide

  • Legal mapping
  • Research

14 December 2021

Our identities under arrest (2021)

"Our Identities Under Arrest" explores the application of laws criminalising consensual same-sex sexual acts and diverse gender expressions

  • Legal mapping

26 October 2020

State-Sponsored Homophobia report – 2020 global legislation overview update

The “State-Sponsored Homophobia” report is a global survey of how laws affect people on the grounds of their sexual orientation that ILGA World published annually between 2007 and 2020

  • Legal mapping

1 September 2020

Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019

The third edition of ILGA World’s Trans Legal Mapping Report details the impact of laws and policies on trans persons in 143 UN member States

  • Legal mapping

27 June 2020

2019 map – sexual orientation laws in the world (20 languages)

The ILGA World 2019 map, in 20 languages, shows how laws criminalise, protect, or recognise people on the grounds of their sexual orientation

  • Legal mapping
  • Research

26 February 2020

Curbing deception – A world survey of legal restrictions of so-called ‘conversion therapies’

The pioneering ILGA World research on so-called ‘conversion therapies' is a global survey of legal restrictions to these dangerous practices