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Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics in International Hu

28 Nov 2019

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] 3 See reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on “Discriminatory Laws and Practices and Acts of Violence against Individuals Based on their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” (A/HRC/19/41), 2011, and “Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity” (A/HRC/29/23), 2015. [...] The legal obligations of States to safeguard the human rights of LGBTI people are well established in international human rights law on the basis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international human rights treaties, and customary international law. [...] A sister publication, Living Free and Equal, examines State practices in the implementation of the human rights of LGBTI people.7 The protection of people on the bases of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics does not require the establishment of new or special rights for LGBTI people. [...] Human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, have faced violence and reprisals for their work to uphold the rights of LGBT persons (see also Chapter V).57 Lesbians and transgender people are at particular risk of violence because of gender inequality and power imbalances within families and wider society.58 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has exp.
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104
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Switzerland