SOGI UN keywords Archives: Gender recognition
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/SVK/CO/4, 31 October 2016: Slovakia
C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons 14. While the Committee welcomes the amendment to the Criminal Code introducing sexual orientation among the aggravating grounds of a criminal offence, it notes that hate speech legislation does not cover sexual orientation and gender identity. It is concerned about […]
Concluding Observations, E/C.12/CRI/CO/5, 7 October 2016: Costa Rica
C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity 20. While the Committee takes note of the various steps taken to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, it is concerned that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons continue to experience discrimination. It is […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/KAZ/CO/2, 11 July 2016: Kazakhstan
C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Equality and non-discrimination 9. The Committee is concerned that the existing anti-discrimination legal framework does not properly define discrimination or provide for effective remedies to victims of discrimination. It is further concerned about reports of discrimination and violence against persons based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/ARG/CO/5, 11 July 2016: Argentina
B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee welcomes the following legislative and other measures taken by the State party: (b) The adoption of the Gender Identity Act (Act No. 26.743) in 2012; (c) The adoption of the Hiring Quota Act for Transvestites, Transsexuals and Transgender Persons of the Province of Buenos Aires (Act No. 14.783) in […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/DNK/CO/6, 7 July 2016: Denmark
B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee welcomes the following legislative and institutional measures taken by the State party: (b) The adoption of Act No. 7522 of 25 June 2014 concerning transgender persons seeking gender identity recognition; (c) The adoption of legislation on same-sex marriage in 2012 and its extension to Greenland in April 2016; C. […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, A/HRC/32/31/Add.1, 8 April 2016: Chile
III. Main findings C. Discrimination, poverty and inequality 35. In 2012, Chile adopted the new Anti-Discrimination Act (Act No. 20,609). That law had been proposed in Congress years earlier, but was effectively stalled until a 24-year-old gay man Daniel Zamudio was beaten to death in Santiago. Public outcry and international criticism after the killing of […]