SOGI UN keywords Archives: Harassment
Concluding Observations, CAT/C/NAM/CO/2, 1 December 2016: Namibia
C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Non-refoulement 26. The Committee notes that the bill on prevention and combating of torture provides for the prohibition of refoulement, in accordance with the Convention, and that the delegation gave assurances that no one has been expelled to a country where they risk being subjected to torture. However, […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/GHA/CO/1, 8 July 2016: Ghana
C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Discrimination based on sexual orientation 43. The Committee is concerned about reports that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons are subjected to discrimination, intimidation and harassment and about the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of such acts. The Committee notes with concern the explanation provided by the State […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/KWT/CO/3, 8 July 2016: Kuwait
C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Discrimination and violence on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity 12. While the Committee respects the diversity of views on morality held by different cultures, it recalls that State laws and practices must always be subject to the principles of the universality of human rights and […]
Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/UZB/CO/4, 20 July 2015: Uzbekistan
[Sourced from the advance unedited version.] C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Non-discrimination and gender equality 6. The Committee, while noting that the prohibition of discrimination is proclaimed in article 18 of the Constitution and is reflected in a series of legislative acts, is concerned that the prohibited grounds for discrimination appear to differ […]
Concluding Observations, CAT/C/MKD/CO/3, 7 May 2015: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Violence against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community 13. The Committee is concerned at reports of numerous instances of harassment and violent attacks against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, including the incident on 22 June 2014, when it is […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, A/HRC/29/43, 29 April 2015
IV. Human rights concerns C. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 47. The Special Rapporteur reiterates that as Belarus moves towards the next presidential election in 2015, it is worrying that none of the previously alleged cases of torture of political candidates, activists and human rights defenders while in detention has […]