This is the 53rd monthly info note by ILGA World on UN Special Procedures and sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).

ILGA World and ISHR have examined the work of 54 UN Special Procedures over the last eleven years to compile factsheets listing the references and recommendations made by these experts regarding LGBTI persons and SOGIESC

Register to join us on Thursday 24 March for an event on working together to combat violence and discrimination based on SOGIE.

Download our latest UN Treaty Bodies quarterly report to find information on SOGIESC references made by UN Committees in their Lists of Issues and Concluding Observations, as well as on the General Comments and Individual Complaints that were adopted.

How will LGBTI human rights and SOGIESC issues be addressed during HRC49? Hear more from the ILGA World team

ILGA World is looking for local organisations to join the project aimed to follow-up and implement LGBTI/SOGIESC recommendations and to support future engagement with UN human rights mechanisms

The deadline for civil society submissions ahead of the 41st UPR working group session is quickly approaching: we are here to help!

Share your inputs for an ILGA World submission which could inform the upcoming report by the UN Independent Expert on SOGI

Join us on Wednesday 6 October (12:30pm CEST) for an event calling for a global response to the exclusion of people with diverse SOGIESC in humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction

Apply by Monday 25 October 2021 (1pm CET) for the position of Senior Programme Officer: UN Special Procedures and Sustainable Development Goals at ILGA World!