SOGIESC AT THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW REPORT

The 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. More, 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. More 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. More at the Universal Periodic Review report was produced by ILGA, ARC International and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI).

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