GENEVA (7 December 2023) – UN experts* today raised concerns about the dangerous precedent and far-reaching negative consequences of the Russian Supreme Court decision declaring the “international...

GENEVA (30 November 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday deplored the decision by Russia’s Supreme Court to label what it termed “the international LGBT movement” as...

2023 OHCHR technical note that provides an overview of the international human rights norms and standards and relevant recommendations of United Nations human rights mechanisms and good practices by...

GENEVA (31 October 2023) – Expressing grave concern about structural barriers to sport faced by women and girls in all of their diversity, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other gender diverse...

NEW YORK (27 October 2023) – The vast majority of countries that have laws and policies targeting individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity have inherited these practices from...

GENEVA (27 October 2023) – Following the commemoration of the UN International Day on Older Persons on 1 October, three United Nations rights experts* issued a statement highlighting the alarming...

GENEVA (26 October 2023) – Two United Nations experts* have issued a statement on the challenges faced by persons with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or gender-diverse (LGBT)...

GENEVA (13 October 2023) – Mauritius’ Supreme Court decision to decriminalise same-sex relations amongst consenting adults is a crucial step forward for equality, a UN human rights expert said today....

World Contraception Day, 26 September 2023 International Safe Abortion Day, 28 September 2023 GENEVA (25 September 2023) – States must ensure the right to sexual and reproductive health, without...

GENEVA (22 September 2023) – A UN expert today welcomed the Chilean President’s public apology to a school teacher who was discriminated against in 2007 on grounds of her sexual orientation. “This...