SOGI UN source Archives: Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, E/CN.4/2002/72, February 11, 2002: Egypt
57. On 17 May 2001 the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal with the Chairman-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on torture concerning 56 individuals who were arrested on 10 May 2001, allegedly because of homosexual activities. These individuals were held in incommunicado detention and denied access to […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, E/CN.4/1998/39, 12 February 1998: Brazil
43. On 24 September 1997, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the Government concerning Pedro Montenegro, a lawyer, member of the Permanent Forum Against Violence of Alagoas (FPCV-Al) and member of Amnesty International Brazil Section, and Marcelo Nascimento, lawyer and President of the Grupo Gay de Alagoas and member of the FPCV-Al. It was […]