UPR SESSION 39 (NOVEMBER 2021) – SUMMARY OF GENEVA ADVOCACY, WORKING GROUP SESSIONS AND UPR OUTCOMES)

Summary of recommendations on 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 (SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity & expression, and sex characteristics. More)

States under review: Antigua and Barbuda, eSwatini, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sudan (postponed until the 40th UPR working group session), Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Republic of Tanzania 

Follow this link to download a summary of SOGIESC recommendations delivered during the 39^th session of the UPR working group.