Advocacy
- Practical guides & advocacy toolkits
- United Nations & SOGIESC issues
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
- Practical guides & advocacy toolkits
- United Nations & SOGIESC issues
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
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
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
- Explainers
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
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
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
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
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