Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Initiative
Related Materials
NEW!
August 2009
Global Rights' LGBTI Initiative releases a Guide to Shadow Reporting: Using the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to Protect the Rights of LGBTI Persons
Click here to download the Guide to Shadow Reporting
July 2009
Global Rights' LGBTI Initiative releases Shadow Reports on Tanzania and Azerbaijan
In 2006, Global Rights launched a new initiative to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights activists through human rights programs in our offices worldwide. With this new initiative, Global Rights extends its support to human rights leaders in all regions to expose abuses that are directed against individuals based on their real or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
What We Do
Global Rights will work with its field offices to support LGBTI campaigns and activists who face challenges to their work, their lives and their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all regions of the world. The initiative is beginning with a program of training for Global Rights field staff on how to document abuses and build effective human rights advocacy strategies around LGBTI issues.
Global Rights is producing a "Guide to Sexuality-Based Advocacy" by adapting standard Global Rights methodology and training courses on a range of human rights topics. The guide will serve as a user-friendly resource for advocacy on culturally sensitive, sexuality-based violations and it will assist Global Rights staff and partners as they extend their work and begin to confront the challenges of sexuality-related human rights advocacy.
In addition, Global Rights exposes rights violations and facilitates access to justice for victims of discrimination and abuse through international advocacy to advance LGBTI rights within the international and regional human rights systems. Global Rights also reaches out to supportive voices in Washington to expand governmental and inter-governmental support for LGBTI advocacy.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras June 4, 2009--Global Rights joins coalition of 17 LGBTTTI partners in approving the second resolution on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Orientation at the Organization of American States
On June 4, 2009 the General Assembly of the Organization of American States signed a resolution on human rights sexual orientation and gender orientation that condemns acts of violence and related human rights violations against individuals based on their sexuality and/or gender.
The resolution urges states to ensure that such abuses are justly prosecuted, and seeks protection for human rights defenders working on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. Finally, the resolution urges the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to maintain its committment to addressing and giving voice to crimes against human rights, based on sexuality and gender.
