SOGI UN source Archives: Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/31/55/Add.1, 22 February 2016: Honduras
159. JAL 09/12/2014 Case no: HND 8/2014 State reply: 17/03/2015 Presuntas alegaciones sobre robo en las oficinas de una organización de promoción de los derechos de las personas LGBTI, Asociación para una Vida Mejor (APUVIMEH). 162. JAL 11/11//2015 Case no: HND 3/2015 State reply: none to date Alegaciones sobre muertes violentas y ataques contra defensores […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/31/55/Add.1, 22 February 2016: Ecuador
139. JUA 02/12/2014 Case no: ECU 3/2014 State reply: 02/07/2015 Alegaciones sobre secuestro, amenazas y una campaña de desprestigio contra Sra. Diane Maria Rodríguez Zambrano, una defensora de los derechos de las personas LGBTI. 144. El Relator Especial expresa preocupación por las alegaciones sobre actos de hostigamiento contra la defensora de derechos humanos LGBTI, la […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/31/55/Add.1, 22 February 2016: Ukraine
461. JAL 16/10/2015 Case no: UKR 5/2015 State reply: none to date Physical assault of and threats against defender of rights of LGBTI persons, Mr. Nick Carter. 463. The Special Rapporteur expresses his concern in relation to the threats to and harassment of defenders of LGBTI persons rights in Ukraine, as per the communication sent […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/31/55/Add.1, 22 February 2016: Cameroon
40. JAL 27/04/2015 Case no: CMR 1/2015 State reply: none to date Allégations de menaces et campagne de dénigrement contre deux femmes défenseures des droits de l’homme, Mme Maximilienne Ngo Mbe et Mme Alice Nkom. 42. Le Rapporteur spécial exprime son inquiétude concernant les menaces, et plus spécifiquement la campagne de dénigrement des deux femmes […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/31/55/Add.1, 22 February 2016
AMERICAS REGION 109. The communications sent in the current reporting period also raise concerns of growing risks faced by defenders of rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)-persons, as well as civil society associations. During the current reporting period, such groups have been seen to be subjected to multifaceted forms of harassment, among […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/31/55, 1 February 2016
III. Conceptualizing protection practices A. Background 27. Some activists face greater and more specific risks than others (see A/HRC/16/44, A/HRC/19/55 and A/70/217, paras. 61-77). Defenders who challenge social and cultural norms, do not fit stereotypes and prescribed roles, or who challenge power structures in society – such as defenders of sexual orientation and gender identity […]