Sexual orientation

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

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  • Explainers

15 July 2024

HRC 56 : Key developments for sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) 

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  • Legal mapping
  • Research

30 May 2024

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

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Laws on Us: the image shows the cover of the 2024 report. The text reads: "Laws on Us- A global overview of legal progress and backtracking on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics". The ILGA World logo sits at the bottom right of the image
  • Press releases & statements

30 May 2024

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

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  • Videos

23 May 2024

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

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  • Explainers

19 December 2023

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

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The shadow of a person with a hat looms in the dark, over a couple peacefully sleeping in their bed. The image reads "Our identities under arrest', and shows the ILGA World logo
  • Press releases & statements

30 November 2023

New report highlights severe spikes in arrests and prosecutions of LGBT and gender-diverse people in 2023

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  • Legal mapping
  • Research

29 November 2023

Our identities under arrest (2023)

"Our Identities Under Arrest" explores the application of laws criminalising consensual same-sex sexual acts and diverse gender expressions

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  • Events

23 October 2023

Colonialism, decolonisation, and sexual orientation and gender identity: A webinar

The Independent Expert on SOGI will present his report on the impact of colonialism on the perpetuation of harmful social mores associated with sexual orientation and gender identity

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