Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

A/HRC/RES/17/19View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 8 Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2011–2014

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/27/32

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/32	Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity	502	44%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/17/19	Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity	357	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Discrimination Human Rights Laws and Regulations Report Preparation Sexual Orientation

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to commission a study, to be finalized by December 2011, documenting discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, in all regions of the world, and how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity;

Decides to convene a panel discussion during the nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council, informed by the facts contained in the study commissioned by the High Commissioner and to have constructive, informed and transparent dialogue on the issue of discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity;

Also decides that the panel will also discuss the appropriate follow-up to the recommendations of the study commissioned by the High Commissioner;

Further decides to remain seized of this priority issue.

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