Advancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBTI People

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This is because every member of such societies understands that they have a contribution to make, their contribution is valued, and no one should be left behind. Inclusiveness is thus a key precondition for building and sustaining peace, harmony and societal cohesion.</p> <p>Yet LGBTI people in every country and development context have been denied societal inclusion and respect for their human rights. Increasingly, MPs all over the world are taking action to remedy the effects of this denial. But many who have done so face hostile, organised and highly emotional reactions from those who do not support LGBTI inclusion.</p> <p>The challenges facing LGBTI people around the world – and their allies working to promote respect for their human rights and inclusion – remain formidable. Violence, abuse and stigma in many cases remain institutionalized in the laws and policies of nations. Reprisals against LGBTI people form an early warning of – and a predictable accompaniment to – the rise of authoritarianism.</p> <br> <div class="button-holder text-left"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_EN.pdf" class="button"> READ MORE </a> </div> </div> <div class="one_half last" data-threshold="0 0" data-jarallax-element="120 0"> <img src="images/intro.jpg" alt="Positive and inclusive change takes place every day around the world through effective and inclusive parliamentary action." /> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="contents" class="section"> <div class="page-title-holder"> <h3 class="entry-title"> CONTENTS </h3> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block center-relative"> <div class="block center-relative content-1170"> <h6>This handbook is organised on a modular basis. You do not have to read it all. Use the part or parts that are most relevant to you. Alternatively, <a href="pdf/handbook/LGBTI-Handbook_en.pdf" download="LGBTI-Handbook_en.pdf">download all the parts as one document</a>. The parts are as follows:</h6> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="one_fourth first"> <div class="part-holder"> <p class="part-num">1</p> <div class="part-txt"> <h4>Overview</h4> <p>This Part introduces the current situation of LGBTI people around the world and explains why it is important that MPs take urgent action to protect their human rights.</p> <ul class="contents"> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_I_EN_0.pdf#page=3">LGBTI inclusion matters... to everyone</a> </li> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_I_EN_0.pdf#page=7">Glossary</a> </li> </ul> <div class="button-holder text-left"> <a href="pdf/handbook/LGBTI-Handbook_Part_I_en.pdf" class="button-dot" download="LGBTI-Handbook_Part_I_en.pdf"> <span>DOWNLOAD</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="one_fourth"> <div class="part-holder"> <p class="part-num">2</p> <div class="part-txt"> <h4>LGBTI Rights are Human Rights</h4> <p>This Part provides a knowledge base on the legal and rights frameworks most relevant to LGBTI people, and their key recommendations relevant to LGBTI human rights. It explains how you can work to protect and defend LGBTI human rights.</p> <ul class="contents"> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=4">Global human rights frameworks</a> </li> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=16">Regional human rights frameworks</a> </li> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=19">Checklists: Laws, bills and policies on LGBTI human rights in your country</a> </li> </ul> <div class="button-holder text-left"> <a href="pdf/handbook/LGBTI-Handbook_Part_II_en.pdf" class="button-dot" download="LGBTI-Handbook_Part_II_en.pdf"> <span>DOWNLOAD</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="one_fourth"> <div class="part-holder"> <p class="part-num">3</p> <div class="part-txt"> <h4>Effective Action</h4> <p>This Part identifies key entry points, based on global rights frameworks, for action to protect LGBTI human rights, and the most important lessons learned from progressive actions taken by MPs and parliaments around the world, including many examples of successful strategies towards reform.</p> <ul class="contents"> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=4">Entry points for advancing LGBTI human rights: Mainstreaming inclusion</a> </li> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=7">Lessons learned from progressive actions around the world</a> </li> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=17">Stepping up in your own country</a> </li> </ul> <div class="button-holder text-left"> <a href="pdf/handbook/LGBTI-Handbook_Part_III_en.pdf" class="button-dot" download="LGBTI-Handbook_Part_III_en.pdf"> <span>DOWNLOAD</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="one_fourth last"> <div class="part-holder"> <p class="part-num">4</p> <div class="part-txt"> <h4>Further Guidance</h4> <p>This Part provides sensitive and practical guidance on speaking about LGBTI people and their rights, including how to adapt to specific local contexts and conditions, along with practical advocacy tools and model questions to ask of government, parliament, other decision-makers and policy makers, for use in your oversight role as an MP.</p> <ul class="contents"> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_IV_EN.pdf#page=4">Speaking about LGBTI human rights and inclusion</a> </li> <li class="contents-list included-yes"> <span class="fa fa-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_IV_EN.pdf#page=14">Holding decision-makers to account: Ask the right questions</a> </li> </ul> <div class="button-holder text-left"> <a href="pdf/handbook/LGBTI-Handbook_Part_IV_en.pdf" class="button-dot" download="LGBTI-Handbook_Part_IV_en.pdf"> <span>DOWNLOAD</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="action" class="section no-page-title"> <div class="page-title-holder"> <h3 class="entry-title"> CALL TO ACTION </h3> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="one" data-threshold="0 0" data-jarallax-element="120 0"> <script> var textSlider_speed = "8000"; var textSlider_auto = "true"; var textSlider_hover = "true"; </script> <div class="text-slider-wrapper relative"> <div class="text-slider-header-quotes"></div> <div id="textSlider" class="text-slider slider owl-carousel owl-theme"> <div class="text-slide"> <p class="text-slide-content"> Talk to [your constituents] about the rights of children, your neighbour’s child who may belong to the LGBTI community … You can’t reach out to a mob; you have to deal with the individual first before you go to small groups and eventually escalate it. </p> <p class="text-slide-name">Hon. Fox Odoi-Oywelowo</p> <p class="text-slide-position">Uganda</p> </div> <div class="text-slide"> <p class="text-slide-content"> Being active in Poland in these difficult times of regression and backlash against the human rights of LGBTI people is crucial, even more than it was before. It is our role to say and show that we care about LGBTI people’s human rights. To use our face and names, to contribute our time and energy to show that the Parliament is for everyone and represents the interests of all citizens, including LGBTI people. </p> <p class="text-slide-name">Krzysztof Smiszek</p> <p class="text-slide-position">MP, initiator of the InterGroup in the Polish Parliament</p> </div> <div class="text-slide"> <p class="text-slide-content"> As Parliamentarians we need to create laws that safeguard the rights of all individuals, including LGBTI persons, and ensure that their life, physical integrity, morals, and freedoms are respected. Parliamentarians for Global Action has an important task of sharing these experiences and lessons with other Parliaments around the world. </p> <p class="text-slide-name">Mario Tenorio</p> <p class="text-slide-position">Chair of the Committee on Legislation and Constitutional Affairs, Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, and PGA Member</p> </div> <div class="text-slide"> <p class="text-slide-content"> Changing laws and changing minds takes time and does not occur in a vacuum. I very much hope this Handbook is helpful in prompting you to take that first step towards fully and effectively guaranteeing rights for LGBTI people. </p> <p class="text-slide-name">Hon. Valerie Woods</p> <p class="text-slide-position">Speaker, House of Representatives, Belize</p> </div> <div class="text-slide"> <p class="text-slide-content"> The evidence collated in this Handbook shows that the conditions for respecting LGBTI human rights and inclusion do not come about by happenstance. They flourish when we have strong parliamentary leaders who are committed to leaving no one they represent behind. </p> <p class="text-slide-name">Haoliang Xu and Ulrika Modeer</p> <p class="text-slide-position">Respectively, Assistant Secretaries-General of the United Nations and Directors of the UNDP Bureaux for Policy and Programme Support and External Relations and Advocacy, New York.</p> </div> <div class="text-slide"> <p class="text-slide-content"> In many places, LGBTQIA+ people still face stigma, violence and discrimination and are not able to reach their full potential. There is a lot to do in our parliaments, on our streets and in our minds. </p> <p class="text-slide-name">Petra de Sutter</p> <p class="text-slide-position">Federal Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium</p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="section video"> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="member big-screen member-right"> <div class="member-info"> <p class="member-position">Video message for the launch of ‘Advancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBTI People: a Handbook for Parliamentarians’, 2021.</p> <h5 class="member-name">Petra de Sutter, Federal Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium</h5> <div class="member-content"><p>In the past few decades, we have seen a lot of progress when we look at the fight against discrimination and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people around the world. But there is still a long way to go.</p> <div class="member-social-holder" data-jarallax-element="0 -30"> <div class="social"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFztnd-Xm0A" target="_blank"> <span class="fa fa-youtube"></span> Watch Video » </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <img src="images/video-petra-de-sutter.jpg" alt="Petra de Sutter" data-threshold="0 0" data-jarallax-element="60 0" /> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="section"> <div class="page-title-holder"> <h3 class="entry-title"> EFFECTIVE ACTION </h3> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="blog-holder-scode latest-posts-scode block center-relative"> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=17" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/action/in-your-representation-role.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=17" target="_blank">In your representation role</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=19" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/action/in-your-role-as-a-lawmaker.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=19" target="_blank">In your role as a lawmaker</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=20" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/action/in-your-oversight-role.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=20" target="_blank">In your oversight role</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=21" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/action/working-within-parliament.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=21" target="_blank">Within and across parliament</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=21" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/action/within-your-political-party-or-group.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=21" target="_blank">Within your political party or group</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=22" target="_blank"> <div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/action/reaching-out-to-civil-society.jpg"></div></a> </div> <h4><a href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_III_EN.pdf#page=22" target="_blank">Be a leader in your community</a></h4> </article> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>   <div class="section video"> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="member member-left"> <img src="images/video-valerie-woods.jpg" alt="Valerie Woods" data-threshold="0 0" data-jarallax-element="60 0"> <div class="member-info"> <p class="member-position">Engaging Parliamentarians as Allies</p> <h5 class="member-name">Hon. Valerie Woods, Speaker, House of Representatives, Belize</h5> <div class="member-content"> <p>Presentation at the 2016 ILGA World Conference in Bangkok</p> <div class="member-social-holder" data-jarallax-element="0 30"> <div class="social"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9v5VeBTe1I" target="_blank"> <span class="fa fa-youtube"></span> Watch Video » </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="myths" class="section"> <div class="page-title-holder"> <h3 class="entry-title"> MYTHS vs. REALITY </h3> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block center-relative content-1170" style="padding-bottom: 55px;"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <h3>How to respond to myths about LGBTI people</h3> <p><strong>Public opinions and comments made about LGBTI people often denigrate them, even if inadvertently, and undermine their rights. Many such comments are based on common myths. You can respond to these comments and shatter the myths from a human rights standpoint.</strong></p> <p>Think about how many of the statements you read and hear about LGBTI people deny reality – in fact, much of what is written and said is nothing but myth. You can frame appropriate, humanrights-based responses to such statements. Pay attention to how your colleagues in parliament talk about LGBTI people and how LGBTI people are portrayed in the media, and respond accordingly. Where there are local LGBTI CSOs, consult them for guidance.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block center-relative" style="padding-top: 0;"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <ul class="myths-holder"> <li class="myth"> <div class="myth-info-left"> <p class="myth-num">Myth</p> <p>Homosexuality is a “Western phenomenon.”</p> </div> <div class="myth-info-right"> <h5>Reality: This is false.</h5> <p class="reality-text"> LGBTI people exist everywhere – in all countries, among all ethnic groups, at all socioeconomic levels and in all communities across the world, and have done for a very long time. <br><br> What is true is that many of the laws that continue to criminalize and punish LGBTI people in many countries are Western in origin and a legacy of colonialism. This remains the case, even though most of those same former colonial powers no longer have these same discriminatory laws in place in their own countries, having replaced them with legislation that promotes equality</p> </div> </li> <li class="myth"> <div class="myth-info-left"> <p class="myth-num">Myth</p> <p>Being LGBTI is incompatible with religion and faith (or a specific religion); it goes against God.</p> </div> <div class="myth-info-right"> <h5>Reality: This is false.</h5> <p class="reality-text"> See section 8.3, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_IV_EN.pdf#page=6">“Conversations about LGBTI issues and faith”</a>, which elaborates on the many arguments that can be used to counter this myth. </p> </div> </li> <li class="myth"> <div class="myth-info-left"> <p class="myth-num">Myth</p> <p>Reality: Depriving LGBTI people of their human rights can be justified on grounds of religion, culture or tradition.</p> </div> <div class="myth-info-right"> <h5>Reality: Discrimination on the basis of SOGIESC can never be justified on any basis.</h5> <p class="reality-text"> Human rights are universal: every human being is entitled to the same rights, no matter who they are or where they live. History, culture and religion are all very important, but all States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, have a legal duty to promote and protect the human rights of all. This includes LGBTI people. <br><br> Religious freedom gives us the right to hold our own beliefs (or not to), but it does not give us the right to impose our views on others, including by discriminating against or otherwise harming them. </p> </div> </li> <li class="myth"> <div class="myth-info-left"> <p class="myth-num">Myth</p> <p>LGBTI people are “not normal”; they are a creation of the modern age; being LGBTI is a “trend”</p> </div> <div class="myth-info-right"> <h5>Reality: SOGIESC are not “current trends”.</h5> <p class="reality-text"> Almost every country has a recorded history of people whose identities, diverse bodily manifestations and behaviours bear close resemblance to what we call today heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, intersex and transgender identities. Equally, people with variations of sex characteristics display natural and diverse bodily manifestations that have always existed within the human species. </p> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="button-holder"> <a href="myths-and-reality.html" class="button"> SEE ALL </a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="framework" class="section"> <div class="page-title-holder"> <h3 class="entry-title"> LEGAL FRAMEWORK </h3> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <p class="white"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf">Part 2 of the Handbook</a> provides a knowledge base on the legal and rights frameworks most relevant to LGBTI people, and their key recommendations relevant to LGBTI human rights. It explains how you can work to protect and defend LGBTI human rights.</p> <p class="white"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=19">Use these checklists</a> to take stock of where your country stands in terms of recognizing the rights of LGBTI people, and whether it has the appropriate legal instruments and policies to fully protect those rights addressing sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics.</p> <div class="framework-holder-scode latest-posts-scode block center-relative"> <article class="relative framework-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=6"> <div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="images/framework-un-human-rights-council.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=6">The UN treaty bodies and Universal Periodic Review</a></h4> <p class="excerpt">Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take steps to ensure that everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty. There are 10 treaty bodies attached to nine core human rights treaties and one optional protocol.</p> </article> <article class="relative framework-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=10"> <div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="images/framework-agenda-2030.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=10">The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals</a></h4> <p>In September 2015, 193 Member States of the UN unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs26 as the global framework for efforts to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice and tackle climate change by 2030.</p> </article> <article class="relative framework-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=14"> <div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="images/framework-victor-madrigal-borloz.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=14">Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity</a></h4> <p>The Independent Expert intervenes in various ways: by issuing urgent appeals and letters of allegation to States concerning cases of violence and discrimination against LGBTI people, undertaking fact-finding country visits, and presenting thematic reports to the Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly.</p> </article> <article class="relative framework-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=15"> <div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="images/framework-yogyakarta-principles.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a target="_blank" href="https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-03/UNDP_LGBTI_Handbook_Part_II_EN.pdf.pdf#page=15">The Yogyakarta Declaration and Principles</a></h4> <p>The Yogyakarta Declaration and Principles are particularly relevant to advancing the human rights and inclusion of LGBTI people, and a key resource for advocacy.</p> </article> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>   <div class="section video"> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="member member-left"> <img src="images/video-charles-chauvel.jpg" alt="Charles Chauvel" data-threshold="0 0" data-jarallax-element="60 0"> <div class="member-info"> <p class="member-position">Global Lead Inclusive Processes and Institutions, UNDP</p> <h5 class="member-name">Charles Chauvel</h5> <div class="member-content"> <p>Address to Interparliamentary Plenary Assembly, Copenhagen 2021 Human Rights Forum, August 2021</p> <div class="member-social-holder" data-jarallax-element="0 30"> <div class="social"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbRUvHVvoI"> <span class="fa fa-youtube"></span> Watch Video » </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div id="resources" class="section"> <div class="page-title-holder"> <h3 class="entry-title"> ADDITIONAL RESOURCES </h3> </div> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="blog-holder-scode latest-posts-scode block center-relative"> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/equality-and-discrimination/publications/WCMS_846108/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/ilo-Inclusion-of-LGBTIQ-persons-world-of-work-learning-guide.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/equality-and-discrimination/publications/WCMS_846108/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank">Inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons in the world of work: A learning guide</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/case-for-decriminalization-of-consensual-same-sex-relations.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/case-for-decriminalization-of-consensual-same-sex-relations.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/case-for-decriminalization-of-consensual-same-sex-relations.pdf" target="_blank">The Case for Decriminalization of Consensual Same-Sex Relations</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HDT-Seychelles-Report_web_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/2019-09-Seychelles-case-study.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HDT-Seychelles-Report_web_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Reform of Discriminatory Sexual Offences Laws in the Commonwealth and Other Jurisdictions - Case Study of Seychelles (Human Dignity Trust)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/HDT-SOGI-litigation-summary.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/HDT-SOGI-litigation-summary.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/HDT-SOGI-litigation-summary.pdf" target="_blank">Developments in strategic litigation on SOGI since 2017 (Human Dignity Trust)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Legislating-to-Address-Hate-Crimes-against-the-LGBT-Community-in-the-Commonwealth-Final.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/2019-equality-justice-alliance-report.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Legislating-to-Address-Hate-Crimes-against-the-LGBT-Community-in-the-Commonwealth-Final.pdf" target="_blank">Report: Legislating to Address Hate Crimes against the LGBT Community in the Commonwealth, Equality & Justice Alliance (2019)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2019/02/28/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/hrw-sogi-country-profiles.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2019/02/28/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-country-profiles" target="_blank">SOGI country profiles (Human Rights Watch)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/hrw-anti-lgbt-laws.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="http://internap.hrw.org/features/features/lgbt_laws/" target="_blank">Global overview of anti-LGBT laws (Human Rights Watch)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/Open-for-Business.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/open-for-business.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/Open-for-Business.pdf" target="_blank">Open for Business 2018 report: Strengthening the economic case for LGBTI inclusion</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2018-05-Report-Independent-Expert-protection-against-violence-discrimination-SOGI.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/2018-Independent-Expert-SOGI.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2018-05-Report-Independent-Expert-protection-against-violence-discrimination-SOGI.pdf" target="_blank">Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (May 2018)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative 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target="_blank">Report: Born Free and Equal, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2012)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2016-06-30-Resolution-Human-Rights-Council.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/2016-06-30-Resolution-Human-Rights-Council.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2016-06-30-Resolution-Human-Rights-Council.pdf" target="_blank">UN HRC Resolution: Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2011-11-High-Commissioner-Report.pdf" target="_blank"><div 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A/HRC/19/41 on discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2016-11-SOGI-report-Arc-Intl.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/2016-11-SOGI-report-Arc-Intl.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/pdf/resources/2016-11-SOGI-report-Arc-Intl.pdf" target="_blank">Report: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics at the Universal Periodic Review, ARC International, the International Bar Association and ILGA (November 2016)</a></h4> </article> <article class="relative blog-item-holder-scode"><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/reports/pdfs/ViolenceLGBTIPersons.pdf" target="_blank"><div class="latest-posts-background-featured-image-holder" data-background-image="https://www.pgaction.org/inclusion/media/images/resources/2015-11-Violence-Against-LGBTI-Persons-IACHR.jpg"></div></a></div> <h4><a href="http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/reports/pdfs/ViolenceLGBTIPersons.pdf" target="_blank">Report: Violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Persons in the Americas, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (November 2015)</a></h4> </article> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>   <div class="section video"> <div class="section-wrapper block content-1170 center-relative"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="member member-left"> <img src="images/video-open-society-foundations.jpg" alt="Open Society Foundations" data-threshold="0 0" data-jarallax-element="60 0"> <div class="member-info"> <p class="member-position">Open Society Foundations</p> <h5 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The phobia may exist among heterosexuals, gay men, lesbians or bisexuals themselves and is often related to multiple negative stereotypes of bisexuals centered on a belief that bisexuality does not exist and on the generalization that bisexuals are promiscuous. </p> <h5>Bisexual</h5> <p class="glossary-text"> A person who is emotionally and/or sexually attracted to persons of more than one sex. </p> </div> </li> <li class="glossary"> <div class="glossary-info-left"> <p class="glossary-letter">C</p> </div> <div class="glossary-info-right"> <h5>Cisgender:</h5> <p class="glossary-text"> A term referring to persons whose gender identity and gender expression match the sex they were assigned at birth and the social expectations related to their gender. </p> <h5>Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)</h5> <p class="glossary-text">A curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. It aims to equip children and young people with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that will empower them to: realize their health, well-being and dignity; develop respectful social and sexual relationships; consider how their choices affect their own well-being and that of others; and understand and ensure the protection of their rights throughout their lives.</p> <h5>Conversion therapy</h5> <p class="glossary-text">An umbrella expression to refer to any sustained effort to modify a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Other terms include: “reparative therapy”, “gay cure”, “ex-gay therapy”, “gender critical therapy” and Sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression change efforts (SOGIECE) (ILGA). 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