At the UN, the ICJ today highlighted the rights and duties of judges and prosecutors to exercise their freedoms of expression, assembly and association to defend the rule of law and human rights. (more…)
C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Violence committed on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity 49. The Committee expresses its concern at the information included in the periodic report about violent deaths of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, in particular the murder of 11 transgender women between 2010 and 2013. According to […]
192. JAL 10/11/2015. Case no. HND 3/2015. State reply: 01/02/2016. Alegaciones de muertes violentas y ataques contra defensores y defensoras de derechos LGBTI. Observaciones Grupos sometidos a mayores riesgos 199. Con respecto a las alegaciones que indican en particular ataques cometidos contra miembros de comunidades indígenas o contra personas en razón de su orientación sexual […]
V. Impact on women, girls and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community 46. The Special Rapporteur met representatives of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, who face particularly threats and violence due to their sexuality, which makes them frequent targets of hate crimes. Civil society groups reported 216 deaths of members of that […]
