UN Commission on Human Rights, Report of the Special Rapporteur, Nigel S. Rodley, on the question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particular: torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, E/CN.4/1995/34 (January 12, 1995).
UN Commission on Human Rights, Report of the Special Rapportuer on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt, E/CN.4/2004/49 (February 16, 2004).
UN Committee Against Torture, General Comment 2: Implementation of article 2 (prevention of acts of torture) by States parties, CAT/C/GC/2 (January 24, 2008). http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/comments.htm.
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), General Comment No. 14 on the right to the highest attainable standard of health, E/C.12/2000/4 (August 11, 2000).
UN General Assembly, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nigel S. Rodley, A/56/156 (July 3, 2001). http://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/56/a56156.pdf.
UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, A/HRC/RES/17/19 (July 14, 2011).
UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health: examining the relationship between the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex work, and HIV transmission, A/HRC/14/20 (April 27, 2010). http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/14session/A.HRC.14.20.pdf.
B. Regional Instruments
Council of Europe, Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, CETS No.: 210, Open for signature November 5, 2011 [Not entered into force as of July 29, 2013]. http://www.conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/210.htm.
Article 4(3) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Council of Europe, Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity – Explanatory Memorandum, CM(2010)4 add 3 final (March 21, 2010). https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1570957&Site=COE.
Council of Europe, Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, Revised Memorandum (March 15, 2013). http://www.assembly.coe.int/Communication/aega17_2013.pdf.
Council of Europe, Working Party on Human Rights, Toolkit to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People, 11179/10 (June 17, 2010). http://eeas.europa.eu/human_rights/lgbt/docs/toolkit_en.pdf.
Yogyakarta Principles: The Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (March 2007). http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/.
International Commission of Jurists and the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Legislative Database (2013). http://www.icj.org/sogi-legislative-database/.
Human Rights and Gender Identity: Best Practice Catalogue (December 2011).
Toolkit for Training Police Officers on Tackling LGBTI-phobic crime (October 2011).
Annual Review: The Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe (2011).
6 steps to effective LGBT Human Rights Advocacy (2010).
O’Flaherty M and Fisher J, “Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and International Human Rights Law: Contextualising the Yogyakarta Principles,” 8(2) Human Rights Law Review (2008): 207-248.
UN Free and Equal Campaign, Fact Sheets [LGBT Rights: Frequently Asked Questions, International Human Rights Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Criminalization, Violence]. https://www.unfe.org/en/fact-sheets.
EU LGBT survey – European Union lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender survey – Results at a glance (May 2013)
Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in the EU Member States (June 2011)
Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (November 2013)
Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in the EU Member States Part I – Legal Analysis (June 2008)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines on International Protection NO.9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (October 23, 2012). http://www.unhcr.org/509136ca9.pdf.
F. LGBTI and the Right to Health
Gooren LJG, “Hormonal Sex Reassignment,” International Journal of Transgenderism, 3 (1999).
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), Off the Map: How HIV/AIDS Programming is Failing Same-Sex Practicing People in Africa (2007). http://www.iglhrc.org/sites/default/files/6-1.pdf.
Amnesty International, Crimes of Hate, Conspiracy of Silence: Torture and Ill-Treatment based on Sexual Identity (June 21, 2001). http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT40/016/2001. [Available in English, Arabic, Spanish and French].
Boucai MD, ‘Legal Remedy for Homophobia: Finding a Cure in the International Right to Health’ 6 Georgia Journal of Gender and Law 21 (2005). [Not open source]
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Violations of the Rights to Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Association Related to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression: A report prepared by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression and the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Defenders (October 30, 2007). http://www.iglhrc.org/sites/default/files/155-1.pdf.
UN Human Rights Council, Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, A/HRC/19/41 (November 17, 2011). http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Discrimination/Pages/LGBTUNReports.aspx.
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