In this page you will find submissions prepared by ILGA World and key partners over the years to inform thematic reports prepared by Special Procedures mandate holders.

2021

Submissions to the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

• The human rights of lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex (LBTI) older women
• Intersections of ageism and age discrimination with cisheteronormativity, homophobia and transphobia, and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression

Submission to the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

• Input to a thematic report: Gender, sexual orientation and gender identity

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples 

• COVID-19 recovery: LGBTQI2S+ indigenous peoples

2020

Submission to the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

• The impact of COVID-19 on the human rights of LGBT persons, communities and/or populations

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence

• The multi-layered aspects of a gender perspective in transitional justice processes: LGBTI+ persons

Submissions to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women

• COVID-19 and the increase of domestic and gender-based violence against lesbian and bisexual women and non-binary, trans and intersex persons
• Rape and other forms of sexual violence against lesbian and bisexual women and non-binary, trans and intersex persons

2019

Submission to the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

• On marginalisation and exclusion from socio-cultural environments

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women

• Mistreatment and violence against lesbian and bisexual women and trans persons during reproductive health care with a focus on childbirth
  
  

2018

Joint submission to the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy

• Gender perspectives on privacy in the digital era: A joint submission on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics

Joint submission to the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice 

• Deprivation of liberty: experiences of lesbian and bisexual women and trans and intersex persons

2017

Joint submission to the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights

• The impact of fundamentalism and extremism on the cultural rights of LBTI individuals