Treaty Bodies’ jurisprudence on SOGIESC issues

 

The following list summarises all Treaty Bodies’ jurisprudence on SOGIESC issues, including decisions and pending cases.

So far, the Treaty Bodies have reviewed cased related to LGBT persons only. Cases are grouped in the table by topics and in chronological order within each topic.

 

 

Treaty Bodies’ Jurisprudence on SOGIESC

as of 19 January 2023

 

Committee

Case Title

Communication Number

Submission

Date

Views

Date

Relevant

Articles

Subject

Matter

Documents

Result

Criminalisation of Same-Sex Relations

HRCtee

Toonen v. Australia

488/1992

25 Dec 1991

31 Mar 1994

2(1) ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations between adults

Views

En

Violation

HRCtee

Dean v. New Zealand

1512/2006

8 Sep 2006

17 Mar 2009

26 ICCPR

Other

Prosecution for same-sex relations with a minor

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru

Violation

(inadmissible regarding homosexuality)

CEDAW

Flamer-Caldera v. Sri Lanka

134/2018

23 Aug 2018

21 Feb 2022

2 CEDAW Convention

5 CEDAW Convention

7 CEDAW Convention

15 CEDAW Convention

16 CEDAW Convention

Criminalisation of same-sex sexual acts between women in Sri Lanka

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

Asylum Seekers

CAT

K.S.Y. v. Netherlands

190/2001

5 Jan 2001

15 May 2003

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a gay man to Iran

Views

En Fr Es Ru

No violation

CAT

E.J.V.M. v. Sweden

213/2002

17 May 2002

14 Nov 2003

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a bisexual man to Costa Rica

Views

En Fr Es Ru

No violation

CAT

Uttam Mondal v. Sweden

338/2008

30 Nov 2007

23 May 2011

3 CAT Convention

16 CAT Convention

Deportation of a gay man to Bangladesh

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

X. v. Sweden

1833/2008

26 Nov 2008

1 Nov 2011

6 ICCPR

7 ICCPR

Deportation of a bisexual man to Afghanistan

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

M.I. v. Sweden

2149/2012

7 May 2012

25 Jul 2013

7 ICCPR

Deportation of a lesbian woman to Bangladesh

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

CAT

J.K. v. Canada

562/2013

29 Sep 2013

23 Nov 2015

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a gay man and LGBT activist to Uganda

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

M.K.H. v. Denmark

2462/2014

26 Sep 2014

12 Jul 2016

7 ICCPR

Deportation of a gay man to Bangladesh

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

M.Z.B.M. v. Denmark

2593/2015

31 Mar 2015

20 Mar 2017

7 ICCPR

17(1) ICCPR

18(1) ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Deportation of a trans woman to Malaysia

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

CAT

E.A. v. Sweden

690/2015

20 Jul 2015

11 Aug 2017

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a gay man to Lebanon

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

CEDAW

A.S. v. Denmark

80/2015

28 Jan 2015

26 Feb 2018

1 CEDAW Convention

2 CEDAW Convention

3 CEDAW Convention

Deportation of a lesbian woman to Uganda

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

HRCtee

W.K. v. Canada

2292/2013

23 Oct 2013

27 Mar 2018

6(1) ICCPR

7 ICCPR

9(1) ICCPR

17 ICCPR

18 ICCPR

27 ICCPR

Deportation of a gay man to Egypt

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

HRCtee

Z.B. v. Hungary

2768/2016

23 May 2016

19 Jul 2018

2(3)(a) ICCPR

7 ICCPR

13 ICCPR

Deportation of a woman, who allegedly suffered from violence based on her sister’s sexual orientation in Cameroon, to Serbia, where she had been raped and captured

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

CAT

Joyce Nakato Nakawunde v. Canada

615/2014

25 Jun 2014

3 Aug 2018

1 CAT Convention

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a lesbian woman to Uganda

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

CAT

H.R.E.S. v. Switzerland

783/2016

15 Nov 2016

9 Aug 2018

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a gay man to Iran

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

HRCtee

M.B. v. Canada

2957/2017

13 Feb 2017

13 Mar 2020

2 ICCPR

6 ICCPR

7 ICCPR

Deportation of a bisexual man to Guinea

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

HRCtee

A.E. v Sweden

3300/2019

14 Jan 2019

13 Mar 2020

7 ICCPR

Deportation of a gay man to Nigeria

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

HRCtee

M.I. v. Sweden

3246/2018

18 Sep 2018

6 Nov 2020

7 ICCPR

Deportation of a gay non-binary person to Afghanistan

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

CAT

H.T. v Switzerland

888/2018

4 Sep 2018

30 Dec 2020

3 CAT Convention

22 CAT Convention

Deportation of a lesbian woman to Cameroon

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

CRC

A.B. v. Finland

51/2018

27 Jun 2018

4 Feb 2021

2 CRC

3 CRC

13 CRC

14 CRC

16 CRC

17 CRC

19 CRC

22 CRC

29 CRC

Deportation of a Russian female same-sex couple and their 7-year-old child to Russia

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

CAT

D.L. v. Sweden

785/2016

24 Nov 2016

28 Apr 2021

n/a

Deportation to Uganda; risk of being subjected to treatment contrary to article 3 of the Convention on the grounds of the author’s homosexuality

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

 

Discontinuation

CAT

H.S. v. Denmark

792/2016

19 Dec 2016

19 Jul 2021

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a lesbian woman to Uganda

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

 

No violation

HRCtee

H.G. v. Sweden

3266/2018

19 Nov 2018

23 Jul 2021

7 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

Deportation of a gay man to Afghanistan

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

CAT

P.S. v. Sweden

1000/2020

23 Feb 2020

12 Nov 2021

3 CAT Convention

Deportation of a gay man to Uganda

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

Violence / Hate Crimes / Hate Speech

HRCtee

García Fuenzalida v. Ecuador

480/1991

4 Nov 1991

12 Jul 1996

7 ICCPR

9 ICCPR

10 ICCPR

14 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Arrest and ill-treatment; difficulties in retaining a lawyer allegedly due to the author’s homosexuality

Views

En Fr Es

Violation

(inadmissible regarding homosexuality)

HRCtee

Ernazarov v. Kyrgyzstan

2054/2011

11 Mar 2011

25 Mar 2015

2(3) ICCPR

6(1) ICCPR

7 ICCPR

Death of a person convicted of “forced sodomy” in a police station as a result of inter-prisoner violence against gay men and sex-offenders

Views

En Fr Es Ru

Violation

HRCtee

Rabbae et al. v. Netherlands

2124/2011

15 Nov 2011

29 Mar 2017

2(3) ICCPR

14(1) ICCPR

17 ICCPR

20(2) ICCPR

26 ICCPR

27 ICCPR

Right to an effective remedy; right to a fair hearing; incitement to racial or religious hatred, including through homonasionalist ideas; right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law without discrimination; protection of minorities

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

No violation

CAT

D.C. and D.E. v. Georgia

573/2013

1 Jul 2013

12 May 2017

1 CAT Convention

11 CAT Convention

12 CAT Convention

13 CAT Convention

16 CAT Convention

Vulnerability of a detained person subjected to torture, including attempted rape, by police

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

CEDAW

K.K. v. Russian Federation

98/2016

7 Dec 2015

25 Feb 2019

2 CEDAW Convention

5(a) CEDAW Convention

7(c) CEDAW Convention

Discrimination, insults, hate speech

Decision

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Inadmissible

CEDAW

O.N. and D.P. v. Russian Federation

119/2017

24 Mar 2017

24 Feb 2020

1 CEDAW Convention

2 CEDAW Convention

5 CEDAW Convention

Hate crime, lack of effective investigation, sexual orientation, gender-based discrimination

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

Freedom of Expression / Freedom of Assembly and Association

HRCtee

Hertzberg et al. v. Finland

061/1979

7 Aug 1979

2 Apr 1982

19 ICCPR

Censuring radio and TV programmes dealing with sexual orientation

Views

En

No violation

HRCtee

Fedotova v. Russian Federation

1932/2010

10 Feb 2010

31 Oct 2012

19 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Administrative fine for “gay propaganda among minors” for displaying LGBT posters

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Alekseev v. Russian Federation

1873/2009

25 Mar 2009

25 Oct 2013

21 ICCPR

Refusal to authorise a picket against execution of gay people in Iran

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Praded v. Belarus

2092/2011

20 Jun 2010

10 Oct 2014

19(2) ICCPR

21 ICCPR

Arrest and imposition of a fine for holding of a peaceful assembly against killings of gay people in Iran without prior authorisation

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Androsenko v. Belarus

2092/2011

20 Jun 2010

30 Mar 2016

19(2) ICCPR

21 ICCPR

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru

Violation

HRCtee

Nepomnyaschiy v. Russian Federation

2318/2013

5 Oct 2013

17 Jul 2018

19 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Administrative fine for “gay propaganda among minors” for displaying LGBT posters

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Alekseev v. Russian Federation

2727/2016

24 Nov 2014

16 Oct 2020

21 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Unjustified restrictions to the right of peaceful assembly; discrimination against LGBT people; pride event in the Crimea prohibited by Russian authorities under ‘anti-propaganda’ law

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Alekseev v. Russian Federation

2757/2016

10 Feb 2016

5 Nov 2020

21 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Unjustified restrictions to the right of peaceful assembly; discrimination against LGBT people; abuse of the right of submission

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Ivanov v. Russian Federation

2635/2015

17 Jan 2015

18 Mar 2021

21 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Unjustified restrictions to the right of peaceful assembly; discrimination against LGBT people; pride event in the Crimea prohibited by Russian authorities under ‘anti-propaganda’ law

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

HRCtee

Mikhailova et al. v. Russian Federation

2953/2017

21 Mar 2015

14 Mar 2022

21 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Unjustified restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly; discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons

Views

En

Violation

2943/2017

25 Mar 2015

2954/2017

28 Mar 2015

HRCtee

Savolaynen v. Russian Federation

2992/2017

25 December 2014

19 July 2022

21 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

 

Unjustified restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression; discrimination against LGBT persons; discrimination based on gender identity

Views

En

Violation

LGBTI Families

HRCtee

Joslin et al. v. New Zealand

902/1999

30 Nov 1998

17 Jul 2002

2(1) ICCPR

16 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

23(1) ICCPR

23(2) ICCPR

26 ICCPR

No access to marriage for two lesbian couples

Views

En Fr Es

No violation

HRCtee

Young v. Australia

941/2000

29 Jun 1999

6 Aug 2003

26 ICCPR

Refusal to grant a pension to a same-sex partner of a deceased man

Views

En Fr Es

Violation

HRCtee

X. v. Colombia

1361/2005

13 Jan 2001

30 Mar 2007

2(1) ICCPR

3 ICCPR

5 ICCPR

14(1) ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Refusal to grant a pension to a same-sex partner of a deceased man

Views

En Fr Es

Violation

HRCtee

C. v. Australia

2216/2012

27 Apr 2012

28 Mar 2017

2(1) ICCPR

14(1) ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Denial of access to divorce proceedings for a lesbian couple married abroad

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru

Violation

Legal Gender Recognition

HRCtee

G. v. Australia

2172/2012

2 Dec 2011

17 Mar 2017

2(1) ICCPR

2(3) ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Divorce requirement for legal gender recognition

Views

En Fr Es Ar Ru Zh

Violation

 

 

SOGIESC cases pending before the Treaty Bodies

as of 19 January 2023

 

Committee

Case Title

Communication Number

Submission / Registration Date

Stage

Relevant Articles

Subject Matter

Source of Data

Asylum Seekers

HRCtee

[…] v. Canada

2962/2017

2017 (registered)

No information available

6(1) ICCPR

7 ICCPR

9 ICCPR

13 ICCPR

14 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Risk of death and inhuman treatment on grounds of sexual orientation in case of deportation to Senegal

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017

HRCtee

[…] v. Canada

3027/2017

2017 (registered)

No information available

6 ICCPR

7 ICCPR

9 ICCPR

Removal to Turkey, mental health, political/religious/LGBTQI issues

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017

HRCtee

[…] v. Sweden

3715/2020

2017 (registered)

No information available

6 ICCPR

7 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

18 ICCPR

Deportation to Afghanistan, right to life, torture, persecution (homosexuality)

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2020

Violence / Hate Crimes / Hate Speech

HRCtee

Krikkerik v. Russian Federation

2992/2017

24 May 2016 (submitted)

14 Jun 2017 (registered)

Communications

2 ICCPR

7 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Hate crime, lack of effective investigation

“Coming Out” LGBT Group

ISHR, Third-party intervention

HRCtee

[…] v. Kyrgyzstan

2998/2017

2017 (registered)

No information available

2(3)(a) ICCPR

7 ICCPR

9(1) ICCPR

14(3)(g) ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Ill-treatment in detention, forced confession, undocumented detention, discrimination based on sexual orientation

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017

HRCtee

Yefri Peña Tuanama vs. Perú

3959/2021

2021 (registered)

Communications

2 ICCPR

3 ICCPR

6 ICCPR

7 ICCPR

9 ICCPR

14 ICCPR

16 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

19 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Hate crime, lack of adequate investigation, lack of any punishment against the perpetrators, and lack of reparation

Promsex and Synergia

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2021

Freedom of Expression / Freedom of Assembly and Association

HRCtee

[…] v. Russian Federation

3596/2019

2019 (registered)

No information available

21 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2019

LGBTI Families

HRCtee

[…] v. Albania

3031/2017

2017 (registered)

No information available

17 ICCPR

23 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Recognition of same-sex partnership

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2017

Legal Gender Recognition

HRCtee

[…] v. Seychelles

3769/2020

2020 (registered)

Communications

16 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

The lack of LGR procedure in the State party

Saccucci&Partners

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2020

HRCtee

[…] v. Paraguay

4173/2022

2022 (registered)

No information available

14 ICCPR

16 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Name change request for a trans person

CODEHUPY

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2022

HRCtee

[…] v. Paraguay

4174/2022

2022 (registered)

No information available

14 ICCPR

16 ICCPR

17 ICCPR

26 ICCPR

Name change request for a trans person

CODEHUPY

HRCtee, Table of registered cases 2022

 

Last updated: 24 January 2023
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