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Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/PRY/CO/3, 26 March 2013: Paraguay

Mar 26, 2013

9. The Committee regrets that the State party has not yet adopted the bill submitted to the Senate in May 2007 to outlaw all forms of discrimination, since stereotyping, discrimination and marginalization are still prevalent and are especially detrimental to women,...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/CHN/HKG/CO/3, 26 March 2013: Hong Kong, China

Mar 26, 2013

23. The Committee is concerned about the absence of legislation explicitly prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and reported discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the private sector (article 2 and 26). Hong...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/BLZ/CO/1, 26 March 2013: Belize

Mar 26, 2013

13. The Committee takes note that certain individuals in the State party have instituted proceedings challenging the constitutionality of section 53 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits same sex relations, and of section 5(1)(e) of the Immigrations Act, which...

Fedotova v. Russian Federation, Communication No. 1932/2010, 30 November 2012: Russian Federation

Nov 30, 2012

2.1 The author is an openly lesbian woman and an activist in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the Russian Federation. In 2009 she, together with other individuals, tried to hold a peaceful assembly in Moscow (so called “Gay Pride”),...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/TUR/CO/1, 13 November 2012: Turkey

Nov 13, 2012

8. The Committee is concerned that the current legislation of the State party on discrimination is not comprehensive, thus failing to protect against discrimination on all the grounds enumerated in the Covenant. In particular, the Committee is concerned about the lack...