Advocacy

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  • Practical guides & advocacy toolkits
  • United Nations & SOGIESC issues

15 July 2026

Good practices guide for follow-up on United Nations recommendations

This is ILGA World’s first publication to bring together follow-up practices across treaty bodies, UPR, Special Procedures and the Sustainable Development Goals

Cover of a 2026 ILGA World publication titled 'SOGIESC UPR Advocacy Toolkit: A Guide for Defenders Working on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics.' Close-up photo of a person wearing a rainbow-colored bandana around their neck, set against a dark blue background with yellow text, and the ILGA World logo
  • Practical guides & advocacy toolkits
  • United Nations & SOGIESC issues

15 July 2026

SOGIESC UPR advocacy toolkit (2026)

With the SOGIESC UPR Advocacy Toolkit, ILGA World offers guidance to LGBTI human rights defenders engaging in the Universal Periodic Review

  • Webinars

10 July 2026

Making human rights recommendations work: A practical guide for civil society advocacy

Let's talk about making human rights recommendations more practical! Whether you engage with the Universal Periodic Review, treaty bodies, Special Procedures, or other human rights mechanisms, this session will offer useful practical insights and strategies to strengthen your advocacy and community engagement efforts

  • Members' meet-ups

10 July 2026

From UN recommendations to national advocacy: a members’ dialogue

We welcome our membership to the launch of the good practices guide for follow-up on UN recommendations, a practical resource designed to support our communities in turning recommendations from UN human rights mechanisms into effective tools for national advocacy, monitoring, and follow-up

An intersex-inclusive progressive Pride flag sits alongside an edited photo of the FIFA World Cup, with the globe at its feet
  • Explainers

26 June 2026

Pride Match in Seattle: What happens when the FIFA World Cup and Pride collide?

The Pride Match in Seattle celebrates both Pride and the FIFA World Cup, with Egypt and Iran facing off: solidarity and visibility must come with responsibility, accountability, and a harm-reduction approach

  • United Nations & SOGIESC issues

15 June 2026

HRC 62 session – ILGA World’s engagement (June – July 2026)

Learn more about how ILGA World engaged in the Human Rights Council (HRC) session 62 for our LGBTI communities globally

  • Explainers

15 June 2026

With our global LGBTI communities at the 62nd UN Human Rights Council (HRC62)

The 62nd session of the UN Nations Human Rights Council begins in Geneva, and ILGA World will be there for our global LGBTI communities. Find out more about what we will focus on

  • Advocacy weeks
  • UN side events

14 June 2026

HRC 62 | Democratic backsliding: Through attacks on freedoms of expression, association and assembly

Join us on 18 June for a Human Rights Council (HRC62) side event in an event exposing democratic backsliding and reaffirming States’ obligations to protect freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly

  • Advocacy weeks
  • UN side events

14 June 2026

HRC 62 | Addressing severe forms of discrimination against lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women: from invisibility to accountability

Join us on Friday 19 June for a Human Rights Council side event to spotlight severe forms of discrimination faced by LBQ women globally, examine their root causes and material consequences, and identify concrete pathways for stronger protection, accountability, and inclusion within UN and national frameworks