Sex characteristics
- 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
- Campaigns
- Press releases & statements
Trans, gender-diverse, and intersex inclusion in sports is a human right
Sign this statement, calling for inclusive approaches to ensure that everyone, regardless of gender identity or sex characteristics, can participate safely and equitably in sports
- Explainers
HRC 56 : Key developments for sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
- Legal mapping
- Research
Laws on Us: A global overview of legal progress and backtracking on SOGIESC
"Laws on Us" is a global overview of legal developments affecting our communities across the world on the grounds of SOGIESC
- Press releases & statements
Laws on Us: new global report maps relentless opposition and progress on LGBTI people’s human rights
"Laws on Us" is the new landmark report by ILGA World, mapping laws affecting LGBTI communities across the world
- Videos
Introducing “Laws on Us”, a global overview of progress and backtracking on LGBTI people’s human rights
Laws on Us is the new publication by ILGA World, offering a legal overview of legal progress and backtracking affecting LGBTI people across the globe. We will publish its first edition on 30 May 2024
- Press releases & statements
United Nations addresses the human rights of intersex persons in ground-breaking resolution
The Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever intersex resolution, addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against persons with innate variations in sex characteristics
- Explainers
How UN treaty bodies protected our rights during the first half of 2023
66 new LGBTI recommendations in six months: How UN treaty bodies protected our rights during the first half of 2023
- Press releases & statements
Intersex people’s human rights: ILGA World issues global research into legal protections for people born with variations in sex characteristics
The first edition of the Intersex Legal Mapping Repor shows that a large majority of UN member States have yet to make any sufficient legal attempt to protect intersex people’s right to bodily integrity and autonomy