International Commission of Jurists
Karen Atala v. Chile: the ICJ testified before the Inter-American Court of human rights

Karen Atala v. Chile: the ICJ testified before the Inter-American Court of human rights

Sep 28, 2011 | Advocacy, Legal submissions

The Senior Legal Advisor for the SOGI Project provided expert testimony at the Inter-American Court’s hearing in Bogota, Colombia.

The case concerns the decision by the Supreme Court of Chile to remove Karen Atala’s three daughters from her custody because she had begun living with another woman.

The expert testimony focused on the best interest of the child principle and how courts have held that discrimination on the basis of parental sexual orientation violates this fundamental principle of child custody decisions.

The ICJ welcomes the first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity

The ICJ welcomes the first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity

Jun 17, 2011 | News

The ICJ welcomes the first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The resolution, introduced by South Africa and Brasil with 39 additional co-sponsors, expresses concern about violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and calls for the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to prepare a study to document discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, in all regions of the world, and how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The study will be followed by a panel discussion at the Human Rights Council at its 19th Session.  The ICJ congratulates South Africa and Brasil on this historic achievement.

HRC Resolution Sexual Orientation Gender Identity-web story-2011 (Full text, PDF)

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