The Yogyakarta Principles
In November 2006, a group of experts met in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: UN independent experts, committee members of human rights, academic / and the defenders / es of human rights of people GLBTT. They / s adopted the Yogyakarta Principles on International Law Enforcement of Human Rights in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. This […]
Read moreThe Brazilian Resolution
In collaboration with Arc International and Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD) SPW has organized an international consultation involving LGBT activists, from all over the world, in preparation for the 2004 debates of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UN CHR) that would vote the resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity tabled by […]
Read moreEmerging Powers
The links below give access to academic and civil society institutions engaged on research and monitoring of BRICS and IBSA.
Read moreCampaigns
The links below give access to campaigns engaged on reproductive and sexual rights.
Read moreReproductive Rights: an unacknowledged casualty of conflict in Sri Lanka
This study analyses the experiences of women living in areas of SriLanka that were affected by armed conflict for more than two decades. It is based on research that is carried out in districts of Jaffna (North), Mannar and Puttalam(North West), the border villages in Polonnaruwa (North Central), and Batticaloa and Ampara (East) between the […]
Read moreScott Long: Deport me
Taken from A paper bird Posted on 18 April 2015 So they’re going to deport gay foreigners from Egypt. My phone started ringing a few mornings ago, reporters wanting comments: solicitous but always with a subtext of What’s going to happen to you? I don’t know. The case involves a Libyan student whom police expelled from […]
Read moreMarriage and Forced Divorce – A Legal Gender Recognition Issue Brief
SPW recommends Open Society’s report Marriage and Forced Divorce – A Legal Gender Recognition Issue Brief, in which it “explains legal restrictions that affect the recognition of married trans and intersex people and examines case law and addresses key arguments made by those who oppose such recognition”
Read moreSexuality and Politics: Regional Dialogues from the Global South
Sexuality Policy Watch presents the final outcomes of the regional Dialogues in Asia, Latin America and Africa and of one inter-regional meeting that took place between 2009 and 2011 to critically reflect on Sexuality and (Geo) Politics. These rich and diverse exercises are now compiled in a two-volume publication in e-book format edited by […]
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