Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 16

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All countries have engaged with the universal periodic review of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and largely with one or more of the special procedures. There has been much coverage of the issue of sexual orientation and gender identity under those mechanisms, particularly from the perspectives of anti-violence and anti-discrimination. A total of 113 States Members of the United Nations from all regions have voluntarily accepted, in the context of the universal periodic review, at least one recommendation to address violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and this is welcome.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • LGBTQI+
Year
2017
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Other
Paragraph focus
Key developments
Paragraph number
16