Advocacy
- Explainers
- Press releases & statements
Start here: your guide to the new ilga.org
We welcome you to the new ILGA World website: built for every reader, with clear insight into what we do, and with information at hand. Discover what has changed!
- Practical guides & advocacy toolkits
- United Nations & SOGIESC issues
UN human rights mechanisms: Essential guides & resources
Start here: essential guides, calendars and factsheets on the UN Human Rights Council, UPR, Special Procedures, Treaty Bodies and CSW, then go deeper
- Press releases & statements
Beyond depathologisation: Securing the right to health for trans communities
It has been 7 years since the World Health Organisation depathologised trans identities in the International Classification of Diseases - 11th edition, yet trans and gender diverse communities still face higher levels of discrimination in healthcare
- Opportunities
Contribute to a UN mandate report on LGBT and gender-diverse people
Contribute to the upcoming report by the UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other gender-diverse (LGBT) persons deprived of liberty.
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Equal Rights Coalition
ILGA World hosts the secretariat of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC), an intergovernmental body of 42 member States in partnership with global civil society to protect LGBTI people's human rights and promote inclusive development
- Press releases & statements
Türkiye must end the coordinated crackdown on LGBTI+ civil society!
Organisations worldwide condemn the large-scale police raids and detentions targeting LGBTI activists and human rights defenders, organisations and community spaces across Türkiye
- Advocacy weeks
- UN side events
HRC 63 | From resolution to reality: Ending harmful health care practices against intersex persons
Join us on 15 September for a Human Rights Council (HRC63) side event to discuss how to move from commitments on paper to changes that intersex people can experience in their lives
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Sport & Rights Alliance
The Sport & Rights Alliance is a global coalition of leading rights organisations using the power of sport to advance rights into the very fabric of society
- United Nations & SOGIESC issues
HRC 63 session – ILGA World’s engagement (September – October 2026)
Learn more about how ILGA World engaged in the Human Rights Council (HRC) session 63 for our LGBTI communities globally