OHCHR | Annual Thematic Reports of the Independent Expert

Annual Thematic Reports of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

As per Human Rights Council resolution A/HRC/32/2, the Independent Expert is mandated to report annually to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly.

Reports to the Human Rights Council

Year and session	Document number and link to report	Title
2022 50th session of the Human Rights Council	Upcoming	Right to health and SDG3 View report page and call for inputs
2021 47th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/47/27	Gender theory View report page
2020 44th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/44/53	"Conversion therapies" practices View report page
2019 41st session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/41/45	Data collection and management View report page
2018 38th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/38/43	Inaugural report by Victor Madrigal-Borloz View report page
2017 35th session of the Human Rights Council	A/HRC/35/36	Decriminalization and anti-discrimination legislation View report page

Reports to the General Assembly

Year and session	Document number and link to report	Title
2021 76th session of the General Assembly	A/76/152	Gender (Part II): Practices of Exclusion View report page
2020 75th session of the General Assembly	A/75/258	COVID-19 View report page
2019 74th session of the General Assembly	A/74/181	Social inclusion View report page
2018 73rd session of the General Assembly	A/73/152	Legal recognition of gender identity and depathologization View report page
2017 72nd session of the General Assembly	A/72/172	Inaugural report by Vitit Muntarbhorn View report page

Special Procedures

About Special Procedures

Submitting complaints

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Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity

International standards

Annual thematic reports

Recent thematic reports

Gender theory (2021)

Impact of COVID-19 on LGBT persons (2020)

So-called "conversion therapy" (2020)

Social, cultural and economic inclusion (2019)

Data collection and management (2019)

Legal recognition of gender identity and depathologisation (2018)

Overview of violence and discrimination (2018)

Diversity in humanity, humanity in diversity (2017)

Decriminalisation and anti-discrimination measures (2017)

Issues in focus

The struggle of trans and gender-diverse persons

Effective inclusion of LGBT persons

Contact information

Victor Madrigal-Borloz, Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Genève 10, Switzerland

Fax: (+41) 22 917 90 06
E-mail: ie-sogi@ohchr.org or urgent-action@ohchr.org

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OHCHR and the human rights of LGBTI people

External Links

Free & Equal: United Nations for LGBT Equality