UN Human Rights Chief Publishes Groundbreaking Report on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Report calls on governments to combat discrimination and violence against LGBTI people
December 15, 2011
Human rights organisations around the world welcomed the release of the first ever United Nations (UN) report on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. The report documents widespread discrimination and violence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people worldwide, and calls on States to apply the international legal framework to end these human rights violations. Read more…