SOGI UN keywords Archives: Freedom of expression
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/AZE/CO/4, 2 November 2016: Azerbaijan
C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Discrimination and violence on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity 8. The Committee is concerned that the existing anti-discrimination legal framework does not explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It is also concerned about impunity for reported acts of: (a) […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A/HRC/32/38, 11 May 2016
IV. Legal and policy issues B. Surveillance and digital security 57. Digital communications and data transmitted or stored on private networks and platforms are increasingly subject to surveillance and other forms of interference, whether by the State or private actors. Unnecessary and disproportionate surveillance may undermine security online and access to information and ideas (see […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A/HRC/29/32, 22 May 2015
I. Introduction 1. Contemporary digital technologies offer Governments, corporations, criminals and pranksters unprecedented capacity to interfere with the rights to freedom of opinion and expression. Online censorship, mass and targeted surveillance and data collection, digital attacks on civil society and repression resulting from online expression force individuals around the world to seek security to hold […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, A/HRC/29/33/Add.1, 1 May 2015: Malaysia
IV. Groups in vulnerable situations A. The right to health of women and girls 1. Sexual and reproductive health and rights 32. However, the Special Rapporteur is concerned that, on the basis of certain restrictive interpretations of religious and cultural values and beliefs which dominate the political discourse and praxis, women and girls do not […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, A/HRC/29/25/Add.3, 27 April 2015: Ecuador
132. JUA 02/12/2014. Case no: ECU 3/2014. State reply: None. Alegaciones de secuestro, amenazas y una campaña de desprestigio contra una defensora de derechos LGBTI. Observaciones Situación del entorno 135. … Por otro lado, al Relator Especial le preocupan que defensores de derechos de las personas Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Transgéneros, Transexuales, Travestis e Intersex (LGBTI) […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/RUS/CO/7, 31 March 2015: Russian Federation
[Sourced from the advance unedited edition.] C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity 10. The Committee is concerned: (a) about reports of discrimination, hate speech, violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and activists and violation of their rights to freedom of expression […]