Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 26
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- The joint submission of non-governmental organizations (see para. 25) echoes similar appeals made to States by a variety of United Nations entities and regional bodies. United Nations programmes already deal with the issue of sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, which is most welcome. The work of OHCHR on sexual orientation and gender identity continues apace, and a new version of the publication Born Free and Equal is due soon. OHCHR support for linkage between international and regional human rights mechanisms was a key input for a meeting between the Inter-American and African systems in 2015, and it is hoped that the linkage will be further strengthened in the future, perhaps to reach out to the Arab and ASEAN systems and other Asian initiatives, such as from South Asia, with lessons learned from other regional systems. Various parts of the global geography need more coverage and capacity-building, including Central and North Asia and the Pacific islands. A variety of research is being carried out to provide more data and analysis of the situation.
- Legal status
- 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)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- LGBTQI+
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph focus
- Key developments
- Paragraph number
- 26
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