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Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/ARM/CO/2, 31 August 2012: Armenia

Aug 31, 2012

10. The Committee is concerned at the discrimination and violence suffered by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons and rejects all violations of their human rights on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (arts. 3, 6, 7 and 26). The...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/67/227, 3 August 2012

Aug 3, 2012

III. REPORT ON VIOLENCE AGAINS WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES B. Social model understanding of violence against women with disabilities 27. Lesbians and other sexual minorities who identify as female and who have disabilities confront social barriers, isolation, exclusion...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water, A/HRC/21/42, 2 July 2012

Jul 2, 2012

II. UNDERSTANDING STIGMA AND ITS DRIVERS 12. Stigma relates closely to power and inequality, and those with power can deploy it at will. Stigma can broadly be understood as a process of dehumanizing, degrading, discrediting and devaluing people in certain population...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, A/HRC/20/15/Add.2, 4 June 2012: Viet Nam

Jun 4, 2012

V. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HIV/AIDS 43. Problems of data collection and intervention design are exacerbated by the stigmatization of vulnerable groups. The Commission on AIDS in Asia confirmed that the HIV epidemic in Asia is largely driven by vulnerable groups,...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/GTM/CO/3, 19 April 2012: Guatemala

Apr 19, 2012

11. The Committee is concerned at the discrimination and violence suffered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and rejects all violations of their human rights on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (arts. 3, 6, 7 and 26)....