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Inter-American System of Human Rights
Organization of American States (OAS)
- Joint Statement by the Founding Members of the OAS LGBTI Core Group (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, United States and Uruguay), Santo Domingo, June 15, 2016
Available also in French y Portuguese - OAS Permanent Council, Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs:
Section on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Department of International Law, OAS:
Section related to sexual orientation and gender identity (in Spanish only)
Section related to discrimination and intolerance (in Spanish only – however, some documents, in particular those from the Working Group to Prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance can be downloaded in English) - CIM, Institutional Policy on Gender Equality, Diversity and Human Rights, 2016
OAS General Assembly Resolutions
- AG/RES. 2908 (XLVII-O/17) AG/RES. 2908 (XLVII-O/17) Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (paragraphs related to human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression), approved during the third plenary session, held on June 21, 2017 (available in Spanish)
- AG/RES. 2887 (XLVI-O/16) Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (paragraphs related to "Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity and Expression"), adopted at the second plenary session, held on June 14, 2016.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2863 (XLIV-O/14) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity and Expression, approved at the fourth plenary session, held on June 5, 2014.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2807 (XLIII-0/13), Human Rights, Sexual Orientatin, and Gender Identity and Expression, approved at the fourth plenary session, held on June 6, 2013.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2721 (XLII-O/12) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, approved at the second plenary session, held on June 4, 2012.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2653 (XLI-O/11) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, approved at the fourth plenary session, held on June 7, 2011.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2600 (XL-O/10) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, approved at the fourth plenary session, held on June 8, 2010.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2504 (XXXIX-O/09) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, approved at the fourth plenary session, held on June 4, 2009.
- Resolution AG/RES. 2435 (XXXVIII-O/08) Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, approved at the fourth plenary session, held on June 3, 2008.
United Nations
- Human Rights Council, “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity” A/HRC/32/L.2/Rev.1, June 28, 2016 - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Living Free and Equal: What States Are Doing to Tackle Violence and Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People HR/PUB/16/3, 2016.
- UN Human Rights Council, “Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity”, A/HRC/RES/27/32, October 2nd, 2014.
- UN Human Rights Council, Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity A/HRC/29/23, May 4, 2015.
- UN, Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Human Rights Law, 2012
- UN Free and Equal Campaign https://www.unfe.org/
- United Nations, Campaign "Free and Equal", 2013
- OHCHR, “Combatting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity” (available in English only)
- Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 17, 2011.
- UN Human Rights Council, "Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity", A/HRC/17/L.9/Rev.1., June 15, 2011.
- Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity presented on December 18, 2008 to the UN General Assembly
- UNAIDS – Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
Pan American Health Organization
- Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care for Trans Persons and Their Communities in the Caribbean and other Anglophone Countries, 2014
- See for example, The Right of Young People to Health and Gender Identities: Findings, Trends and Targets for Public Health Action for 2011
- Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care to Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010
United Nations Deveolpment Programme (UNDP)
- Being LGBTI in Asia (Available only in English)
- UNDP, Report of the Regional Dialogue on LGBTI Human Rights and Health in Asia-Pacific, 2015 (Available only in English).
- UNDP, APF, APCOM Report of the Workshop on the Role of NHRIs in Promoting and Protecting the Rights, including Health, of LGBTI People in Asia and the Pacific, 2015 (Available only in English).
- UNESCO, UNDP. Meeting Report: Asia-Pacific Consultation on School Bullying Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression, 2015 (Available only in English).
- UNDP, Leave no one behind: Advancing social, economic, cultural and political inclusion of LGBTI people in Asia and the Pacific - Summary, 2015 (Available only in English).
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Resolution 275 on Protection against Violence and other Human Rights Violations against Persons on the basis of their real or imputed Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. Adopted at the 55th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Luanda, Angola, April 28 to May 12, 2014.
Council of Europe
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