"We're only just beginning to shed the kind of light that’s needed on issues facing our communities around the world": from across the world, human rights defenders share their thoughts on why, in July 2022, the UN Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of the UN human rights expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
We asked human rights defenders worldwide how the existence of the IESOGI mandate has impacted their work and LGBTI communities on the ground. Here's what they told us
Organisations worldwide have urged the UN to #RenewIESOGI. We asked human rights defenders worldwide why they think it is important that the United Nations has a mandate dedicated to the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Here's what they told us
“The continuation of this mandate is critical. In every region of the world, widespread, grave and systematic violence and discrimination based on one’s real or perceived sexual orientation and/or gender identity persists,” the coalition said in their statement
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