Advocacy

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25 February 2025

Protection of defenders against new and emerging forms of technology-facilitated rights violations

Join us on Friday 7 March for a side event at the 58th UN Human Rights Council to discuss challenges and opportunities faced by human rights defenders with new and emerging technology

  • UN side events

25 February 2025

HRC58: Protection of defenders against new and emerging forms of technology-facilitated rights violations

Join us on Friday 7 March for a side event at the 58th UN Human Rights Council to discuss challenges and opportunities faced by human rights defenders with new and emerging technology

HRC58: A photo of the blue ceiling in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The text reads: "LGBTI people's human rights at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, February-April 2024". The ILGA World logo is placed at the bottom left of the image
  • United Nations & SOGIESC issues

24 February 2025

HRC session 58 – ILGA World’s engagement (February – April 2025)

Learn more about how ILGA World engaged in the Human Rights Council (HRC) session 58 for our LGBTI communities globally

HRC58: A photo of the blue ceiling in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Text in English and Spanish reads: "LGBTI people's human rights at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, February-April 2024". The ILGA World logo is placed at the bottom left of the image
  • Explainers

24 February 2025

HRC58: Here’s how LGBTI people’s human rights will be addressed during the 58th UN Human Rights Council

Watch this video to learn more about how ILGA World will engage in the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC58), representing and uplifting the voices of LGBTI people across the world

A photo shows a person holding a trans Pride flag. Text in a green rounded frame reads: "Argentina: Government amends historic gender identity law". The logos of ILGALAC and ILGA World are placed at the bottom right of the image
  • Press releases & statements

10 February 2025

Rollback of trans rights in Argentina: ILGALAC and ILGA World statement on Decree 62/2025

The government of Argentina has modified the historic gender identity law by decree. Read the joint statement by ILGA World and ILGALAC

  • Press releases & statements

7 February 2025

United States: Trump administration denies people right to play and fails to protect women

The Sport & Rights Alliance vehemently rejects the executive order by the Trump administration which aims at excluding trans, gender-diverse, and intersex people from competing in sports at all levels

A photo shows a sign on a window reading: “Sorry, we are closed”. Text reads: “The Trump administration has launched a war on development”. The logos of ILGA World and IPPF are placed at the bottom right of the image.
  • Press releases & statements

3 February 2025

The Trump administration has launched a “war on development”, leading human rights organisations say

Foreign aid is used as a deadly political weapon, ILGA World and IPPF said, and millions of people are already in dire straits because of it

A photo of a person holding a sign reading: “Resist together”. Text reads: “Fighting back against Trump administration’s anti-right agenda”. The logos of IPPF, ILGA World, and Amnesty International are placed at the bottom right of the image
  • Press releases & statements

30 January 2025

IPPF, ILGA World, and Amnesty International: Fighting back against Trump administration’s anti-rights agenda

IPPF, ILGA World, and Amnesty International vow to speak out for sexual and reproductive health and rights, and justice for ALL

CEDAW trans rights infographic
  • United Nations & SOGIESC issues

24 January 2025

CEDAW country reviews: Protecting trans people’s human rights

An infographic to understand how CEDAW has been instrumental in its country reviews to protect and advance the human rights of trans persons