SOGI UN source Archives: Special Rapporteur on Torture
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/31/57/Add.1, 24 February 2016: United States of America
(k) JUA 10/07/2015 Case No. USA 15/2015 State Reply: 11/09/2015 Allegations concerning the deportation of Haitians, and in particular persons suffering from serious mental and physical illnesses and requiring appropriated specialized psychological and medical attention, to post-earthquake Haiti. 666. The Rapporteur takes note of the information provided by the Government concerning proceedings and treatment of […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/31/57/Add.1, 24 February 2016: Zambia
JAL 09/04/2015 Case No. ZMB 1/2015 State Reply: None to date Allegations concerning arbitrary arrest and prosecution of Messrs. A and B on the sole basis of their sexual orientation. 713. The Special Rapporteur recalls that the practice of subjecting men accused of engaging in homosexual conduct to non-consensual anal examinations contravenes the prohibition on […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/31/57/Add.1, 24 February 2016: Egypt
(b) JUA 08/01/2015 Case No. EGY 1/2015 State reply: 20/02/2015 Allegation concerning the arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and public humiliation and stigmatisation of 26 men tried on charges related to their alleged sexual orientation. 118. The Rapporteur takes note of the information provided by the Government that all 26 individuals detained and tried were twice […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/31/57/Add.4, 29 January 2016: Brazil
IV. Assessment of the situation A. General Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons 32. The Special Rapporteur notes with concern that little data exist on lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in conflict with the law in Brazil. Few people declare themselves as such in prison, the great majority of incidents are not reported […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/28/68/Add.4, 16 March 2015: Gambia
III. Assessment of the situation A. Practice of torture and ill-treatment 2. National Intelligence Agency 24. However, testimonies of persons who had been held either at the National Intelligence Agency headquarters or in other “unofficial places of detention” revealed an ongoing practice whereby persons were held incommunicado for many days or weeks in inhumane conditions […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/28/68/Add.1, 5 March 2015: Nigeria
(a) JAL 28/03/2014 Case No. NGA 2/2014 State Reply: None to date Allegations concerning attacks against a group of men on grounds of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, and police inaction with regards to these attacks, on 12 and 13 February 2014 in Gishiri village, Abuja. 401. In the absence of information to the […]