International Bodies Archive
Articles and Reports: International Law
- United Nations: UN rights experts urge Uganda to redouble efforts to shelve anti-homosexuality bill
- UNAIDS: Letter to Partners 2010: Michel Sidibé, Executive Director (pdf)
- UN OHCHR: Addressing Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity at the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council (pdf)
- Review of Legal Frameworks and the Situation of Human Rights related to Sexual Diversity in Low and Middle Income Countries (pdf)
- UNAIDS: Punitive Laws Problematic for HIV Response (Q&A with UNAIDS senior advisor for human rights and law, Susan Timberlake)
- Worldfocus Radio covers LGBT politics and gay asylum
- Commonwealth Countries: The Commonwealth Conversation starts dialogue on LGBT Rights in the Commonwealth
- Las lesbianas están en todas partes
- Blustering Sahibs and Section 377: Review of HRW's "This Alien Legacy: The Origins of 'Sodomy' Laws in British Colonialism" (pdf)
- Experts at ICAAP concur: 'Removal of punitive laws essential for effective AIDS responses'
- HRW's Rights Watch: The Podcast #13 focuses on LGBT rights, "Pride and Tragedy: LGBT rights in India, Iraq and beyond"
- AP examines how militaries of Israel, Britain and Australia have managed with gays serving openly; interviews partisans on both sides of US debate/ (University of California list of nations allowing gays to serve openly)
- Commonwealth Lawyers Association's Resolution on Decriminalisation of Sexual Orientation (pdf)
- IGLHRC Commentary: End the Criminal Treatment of LGBT People
- India gay sex ruling could set precedent: United Nations
- United Nations: Official summary of the ECOSOC meeting where UN consultative status was granted to Brazilian LGBT organization, ABGLT
- August Edition of Global Fund Observer now available
- The American Society of International Law examines the UNHCR's Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (pdf)
- Aidspan releases "A Beginner's Guide to the Global Fund" (pdf)
- World AIDS Campaign releases background document on upcoming World AIDS Day theme! (pdf)
- New report: Human Rights Council and International Criminal Court: The New Challenges for Human Rights Communications (pdf)
- "Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Right to Health," from the new book, Realizing the Right to Health
- Justus Eisfeld’s speech on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the United Nations
- Russia presents "Traditional Values" resolution at UN Human Rights Council (Resolution, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network's statement on the resolution)
- ILGA Presents new map,"Lesbian and Gay Rights in the World" - 2009 Edition
- New Release: 2009 report on State-sponsored homophobia
- Homosexual Law Reform: An Ongoing Blind Spot of the Commonwealth of Nations (The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG's speech at 16th Commonwealth Law Conference) (pdf)
- Contemporary Politics' Latest Issue: The Global Politics of LGBT Human Rights
- Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity References, U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports for 2008 (pdf)
- Excerpts Pertaining to HIV/AIDS from the U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 2008 (pdf)
- This Alien Legacy: The Origins of “Sodomy” Laws in British Colonialism
- Amnesty International: Love, hate and the law: decriminalizing homosexuality
- ILGA Presents new map,"Lesbian and Gay Rights in the World" - 2009 Edition
- Health and Human Rights: New Issue Released
- International Jurisprudence and Policy Precedents Regarding Sexual Orientation (pdf)
- Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity References, U.S. Department of State, Human Rights Reports for 2005 (pdf)
- HIV/AIDS & Human Rights in a Nutshell (pdf)
- Human Rights and Sexual Orientation in International Law
Articles and Reports: International Bodies
- Global Fund: Latest issue of Global Fund Observer now available
- Global Fund: Latest issue of Global Fund Observer now available
- International LGBTQ Youth and Student Organization (IGLYO): Latest newsletter now available
- UNAIDS: HIV infections in gay men 'increasing in homophobic countries'
- Global Fund: Global Fund's 2010 Results Report now available
- UN OHCHR: Joint statement on sexual orientation and gender identity delivered at UN Human Rights Council in interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on Human Rights (pdf)
- UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights: Anti-Homosexuality Laws and Prosecutions Violate Human Rights and Threaten AIDS Responses (pdf)
- Global Fund: Analysis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Related Activities in Round 8 and 9 Global Fund Proposals (full report) (pdf)
- UNAIDS: Countries urged to review progress made in achieving national AIDS targets
- Global Fund: Global Fund Observer releases most recent issue
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Strategic Management Plan for 2010-2011 includes numerous references to discrimination based on sexual orientation - read the full report (pdf)
- Global Fund: Most recent issue of the Global Fund Observer now available
- United Nations: ARC International's Suggested Recommendations on Human Rights Issues Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity for the Universal Period Review - 7th Session (pdf)
- UNAIDS: PCB NGO Delegation Communique: Board passes decision point supporting inclusion of MSM/TG in UNAIDS' priorities and expansion of programs to reduce HIV among MSM/TG; No consensus reached, decision point to be revisited in June 2010 (pdf)
- United Nations: Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur, answers questions on India's s.377, Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill, and LGBT's right to the highest standard of health
- PEPFAR: Report looks at PEPFAR's impact on LGBT health(pdf)
- Global Fund: Global Fund Observer comes out with December Issue
- UNAIDS: UNAIDS urges all countries to respect the human rights of people most affected by HIV; Criminalization of consensual adult sexual behaviour posing serious threat to AIDS responses (pdf)
- Commonwealth: GLBTIQ issues make inroads at Commonwealth Summit
- United Nations: Panel discussion on “Opposing grave human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity” (video English, video Spanish)
- United Nations: Landmark Meeting Denounces Rights Abuses Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
- Global Fund: New issue of the Global Fund Observer now available
- UN OHCHR: ARC International issues "Suggested Recommendations on Human Rights Issues Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" (Countries included: Eritrea, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Cambodia, Norway, Albania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Portugal, Bhutan, Dominica, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, and Ethiopia) (pdf)
- Global Fund: Most recent issue of the Global Fund Observer now available
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO): Online Photography Exhibition: Faces of IGLYO
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Selected Documents Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Relevant to International Refugee Protection (pdf)
- Global Fund: New issue of the Global Fund Observer now available
- UNAIDS: Responses of UNAIDS to the Second Independent Evaluation (in 7 languages)
- UNAIDS: Sidibe visits outreach programme for men who have sex with men in Mumbai
- United Nations: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (specifically discusses the impact of counter-terrorism measures on persons of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities) (pdf)
- IGLYO: International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Youth and Student Organization releases October Newsletter
- UNAIDS: Michel Sidibé congratulates Indian sexual minority communities for uniting against Section 377
- UNAIDS: Final Report of the Second Independent Evaluation of UNAIDS now available
- UNESCO: Global Alliance for LGBT Education (GALE) becomes first LGBT NGO to gain operational partnership status with UNESCO
- UNAIDS: Forum on HIV, Human Rights and Men Who Have Sex with Men
- United Nations: Joint Statement on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity delivered at Human Rights Council (pdf)
- United Nations: Freedom House releases new report, finds authoritarians outpacing democracies on UN human rights body despite minority status (pdf)
- United Nations: First Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Organization from the Global South to Gain Consultative Status
- Civil society calls for platformon safeguarding LGBT rights at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November
- Global Fund Observer releases most recent issue
- Trans Murder Monitoring Project reports preliminary results: More than 200 reported murders since January 2008
- IDAHO releases Annual Report, highlights global activities on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
- Overview of Sexual Orientation and Gender IdentityPanel at the United Nations
- UN Secretary-General, the World AIDS Campaign and UNAIDS launch World AIDS Day theme ‘Universal Access and Human Rights’ (press release) (pdf)
- Global Fund Strategy in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities (strategy, explanatory presentation) (pdf)
- GlobalGayz.com, one of the Internet's largest LGBT charitable travel and culture websites, has unveiled its revised site
- Addressing Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the 11th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Summary and Overview of Special Procedures Reports (prepared by ARC International) (pdf)
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity as Grounds for Non-Discrimination
- Official Media Report on Global Activities for IDAHO 2009
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Annual Report includes feature on LGBTI human rights, "Full and equal members of the human family", page 45 (pdf)
- Global Fund Board approves “The Global Fund Strategy in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities (SOGI)” (The final document is not yet available, but the Policy and Strategy Committee's presentation on sexual orientation and gender identity from the meeting is available here)
- Moving forward on `Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention' people living with HIV set principles for engagement (Press Release)
- UNAIDS launches new UNAIDS Action Framework on Universal Access for Men who have Sex with Men and for Transgender People
- Governments Should Increase Efforts To Reduce Stigma, Improve Access to HIV Services Among MSM, UNAIDS Executive Director Sidibe Says
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights comes out against discrimination directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups
- Article 19, an international organization for freedom of expression and information, announces awareness campaign on the expression of sexual identity
- IDAHO 2009: One Voice, One Message, Heard Around the World (video)
- The Institute of Development Studies asks, "Why is Development Work so Straight?"
- Global Fund Observer releases most recent issue
- IGLYO Newsletter #34
- Obama Picks Leader for Global AIDS Effort, PEPFAR
- Report of the NGO Delegation to the 24th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (pdf)
- Lancet Examines Concerns That Obama Administration Could Flat-Line PEPFAR Funding
- The Global Fund Observer releases most recent issue
- Aidspan Report: Key Strengths of Round 8 Proposals to the Global Fund (a helpful guide for those currently working on proposals to the Global Fund)
- HIV/AIDS Presents 'Opportunity' for Social Change, UNAIDS Chief Sidibe Says
- 66 nations at UN General Assembly support groundbreaking statement confirming that international human rights protections include sexual orientation and gender identity (Press Release)
- Report of the NGO Delegation to the 24th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (pdf)
- The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Africa: An Evaluation of Outcomes
- New UNGASS Guidelines for 2010 reporting
- Global Fund Observer releases March Issue
- IGLHRC to Secretary Clinton: New AIDS Czar Must Include LGBT (Press Release)
- Global Fund facing shortfall
- Condoms and HIV prevention: Position statement by UNAIDS, UNFPA and WHO
- UNAIDS promotes combination HIV prevention towards universal access goals
- Michel Sibide, Executive Director of UNAIDS: Letter to Partners (pdf)
- Global Fund Chief Appeals for US Leadership
- 2009 Annual Letter from Bill Gates
- ICASO announces new Executive Director
- Joint statement on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity made at the UN General Assembly in December, 2008 (pdf)
- Cary Alan Johnson Appointed as New Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
- Communique from the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board (PCB) NGO Delegation regarding the December meeting of the PCB in Geneva (doc)
- 24th world conference in Vienna: ILGA pursues its 30 year-long dialogue with the international LGBTI movement
- Global Fund Observer releases Issue 98 (pdf)
- Global Fund Observer releases Issue 97 (pdf)
- Journal of the American Medical Association comments on PEPFAR
- Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy, Aide Says
- International Rectal Microbicides Advocates profiles its series of IRMA Global teleconferences, its collection of presentations, and its resource center of IRMA Materials
- Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office working to promote LGBT rights at Paris Human Rights Conference (pdf)
- International Treatment Preparedness Coalition releases new report, "Making Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanisms work through full engagement of civil society: On-the-ground research in Argentina, Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Jamaica, Romania, and Uganda"
- ICASO releases CSAT Action Alert providing "information and practical suggestions for actions that civil society can take in relation to the Round 9 Call for Proposals" (pdf)
- Nations pledge to support gay rights at UN meeting
- Global Fund Observer releases most recent issue
- France: France to call for EU, UN action on women's and gay rights
- Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office Takes Lead on LGBT Human Rights (pdf)
- WHO Publishes How-To Guide on Fighting AIDS
- Global Fund Observer releases most recent issue: Issue 93 - 18 August 2008
- United Nations: Defeat for Discrimination, Victory for Inclusion: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Groups Gain Consultative Status
- National civil society consultation on The Global Fund (pdf)
- NGO Participation in the Global Fund: A review paper (pdf)
