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December 21, 2023 Statement

Russia: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

95th Session

December 14, 2023 Commentary

Did Nepal Achieve Marriage Equality? Not Quite Yet

Nepal has celebrated its first same-sex wedding, but it is still virtually impossible for most queer couples to tie the knot

Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung, who married six years ago, pose for a photograph
December 12, 2023 Commentary

Ghana’s Anti-LGBT Push Will Harm Its Democracy

Parliament should withdraw the bill and uphold Ubuntu principles.

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Accra, Ghana against deteriorating economic conditions and fund mismanagement  in the country, on September 22, 2023. (c) 2023  NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images
December 11, 2023 Dispatches

Ugandans Challenge Anti-Homosexuality Act

Court Has Opportunity to Strike Down Abusive Law

Human Rights lawyers led by West Budama North East Constituency Member of Parliament Fox Odoi-Oywelowo (R) attend the hearing of petitions and applications challenging the anti-gay law at the constitutional court in Kampala, Uganda, November 28, 2023.
December 4, 2023 Report

Jordan: Security Forces Target LGBT Activists

Systematic Crackdown on Organizing; Official Intimidation, Interrogations

Illustration of string sealing person’s lips.
November 30, 2023 Dispatches

Nepal Registers Same-Sex Marriage – A First

Following Rejection in the Capital, Rural Authorities Set an Example

Surendra Pandey and Maya Gurung register their marriage with authorities in Dordi, a municipality in the bride’s home district of Lamjung, Nepal, November 29, 2023.
November 30, 2023 News Release

Russia: Supreme Court Bans “LGBT Movement” as “Extremist”

Russian LGBT Community in Dire Need of International Support

LGBT activists hold a rainbow flag at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, in July 2020. In November 2023, Russia’s Supreme Court granted a request from the country’s Justice Ministry to outlaw the "international LGBT movement" as "extremist."
November 21, 2023 Commentary

The Trans Community Demands that US Lawmakers End the Onslaught of Attacks

Glenda Starke wears a transgender flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor of a ban on gender-affirming health care legislation, March 20, 2023, at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson City. ©2023 AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File
November 15, 2023 News Release

Uzbekistan: Take Action on Rights Abuses Raised at UN Review

Address Restrictions on Independent Media, Civil Society, LGBT Rights

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
November 9, 2023 Statement

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Guatemala

November 9, 2023 Statement

Honduras: Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 97th Pre-Sessional Working Group

Joint submission by Centro de Derechos de Mujeres and Human Rights Watch

November 8, 2023 Dispatches

UN Committee Criticizes US Record on LGBT Rights

Recommends Repeal of Discriminatory Laws

An activist wears a the transgender pride flag as a counter protest during a rally in favor of a ban on gender-affirming health care legislation at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson, US, March 20, 2023.
October 31, 2023 Dispatches

Brazil’s Congress Holds Public Hearing on Teacher Harassment

Stop Politicizing Gender and Sexuality Education; Protect Children and Teachers

A public hearing on the “harassment of teachers in Brazil” held by the Education and Human Rights committees of the Chamber of Deputies on October 30, 2023.
October 31, 2023 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin

Re: Human Rights Agenda for New Government

October 30, 2023 Dispatches

South Korean Court Upholds Military 'Sodomy' Law

National Assembly Should Repeal Archaic Anti-LGBT Provision

South Korean LGBT, HIV activists demonstrate in front of the Constitutional Court of Korea, Seoul, October 26, 2023

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