Call for input: Killing of LGBTIQ+ persons
Issued by
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Published
09 September 2024
presented to
79th session of the General Assembly
Issued by
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Published
09 September 2024
presented to
79th session of the General Assembly
Issued by Special Procedures
Subjects
Executions, Sexual orientation and gender identity
Symbol Number
A/79/172
Summary
In his report, the Special Rapporteur addresses the risk of unlawful deaths of LGBTIQ+ persons worldwide, with a view to identifying main issues and challenges, emphasizing best practices, and offering evidence-based recommendations for improved protection of their right to life.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and other gender diverse persons (LGBTIQ+) worldwide face a higher risk of violence, including unlawful deaths, as a result of their perceived or actual sexual orientation, sex characteristics, and gender identity.
In this regard, with a view to furthering the work of former Special Rapporteur, Agnes Callamard, as reported to the 35th session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/35/23), regarding the need for a gender-sensitive approach to arbitrary killings, in his upcoming report to the 79th session of the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur, Dr Morris Tidball-Binz, will focus on killings that may be/ or are the result of a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.
The report will examine unlawful killings of LGBTIQ+ persons, including deaths that may result from State failures to respect, protect and/or fulfil their right to life, and therefore would engage State responsibility. Where LGBTIQ+ persons are being killed or are dying - as a result of their sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics or other prohibited grounds of discrimination - States have a positive obligation to take prompt measures to prevent, investigate, hold accountable, and otherwise remedy those instances, including in order to guarantee non-repetition of such unlawful killings.
The report is aiming to address the risk of unlawful deaths of LGBTIQ+ persons worldwide with a view to identifying main issues/challenges, emphasizing best practices, and offering evidence-based recommendations for improved protection of their right to life.
The Special Rapporteur welcomes information from States, experts, academics, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders and individuals. He is particularly interested in receiving information on existing legal, institutional, political and other mechanisms, arrangements and initiatives aimed at reducing, preventing and ensuring reparations for unlawful killings of LGBTIQ+ persons. Examples include:
All submissions will be published on the website of the Special Rapporteur, unless the provider requests confidentiality.
Disclaimer: Submissions are published as received and do not represent the views of the UN and/or the mandate holder
Comisión de Derechos Humanos de México
Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos de Paraguay
ABIA,ANTRA,NUH.UFMG,CEJIL, NESIDH.UFPR, Public Defender's Office of the State of Paraná.Brazil
Akahata: input-1 | input-2 | input-3
Asia Pacific Transgender Network
Centro para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación LGTBI: input-1 | input-2 | input-3
China Rainbow Observatory, Chinese Trans Voices, International Service for Human Rights
Colombia Diversa: input-1 | input-2 | input-3 | input-4
Observatorio Venezolano de Violencias LGBTIQ
ReportOUT: input-1 | input-2 | input-3 | input-4
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty