Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 10
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Sexual orientation is defined as "each person's capacity for profound emotional, affectional, and sexual attraction to, and intimate and sexual relations with, individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender". Gender identity refers to "each person's deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender", which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth, including the personal sense of the body … and other expressions of gender.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/14/20, para. 10.