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Los Estados que imponen sanciones aseguran que éstas se proponen mejorar las vidas de las mujeres y otras personas marginadas, pero siguen desestimando la evidencia de que las sanciones agravan la opresión de género, raza y clase.

Older persons, including LGBT ones, as well as persons with disabilities are often treated as if they did not have a sexual life. LGBT older persons are discriminated against in residencies and by their families. Their autonomy is frequently violated, including in deciding where and with whom to live and even preventing them from having a sexual life.

También valoramos mucho la referencia a la Convención Interamericana sobre los Derechos de las Personas Mayores, porque en su enfoque integral incluye los derechos sexuales. Las personas mayores, incluyendo las personas LGBT, así como las personas con discapacidad, a menudo son tratadas como si no tuvieran una vida sexual.

We appreciate the Special Rapporteur’s efforts to hear directly from sex workers in Canada who are experts in their own lives and have solutions to the harms caused by the criminalization of sex work. This is a fundamental principle of human rights - those who are most impacted have a right to participate in the decisions that affect them. We urge Canada and other Special Procedure mandates to heed this principle.

Without addressing oppressive systems, particularly the global financial architecture and its impact, human rights are a distant dream. Given the urgent need to reform the global financial architecture, how can the HRC and other actors ensure that efforts to promote economic, social, and cultural rights do not remain superficial? If the underlying financial systems driving global inequalities are not addressed, it will all remain window-dressing.

Si no se abordan los sistemas de opresión, los derechos humanos son un sueño lejano. Dada la urgente necesidad de reformar la arquitectura financiera global, ¿cómo pueden asegurar el Consejo y otros actores que los esfuerzos por promover los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales no seguirán siendo superficiales? Si los sistemas financieros que provocan las desigualdades globales quedan intactos, será sólo una lavada de cara.

The 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 9 September to 11 October 2024. In this post you can find information about Below you can find information about: Anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports, UPR outcomes, SRI’s online events taking place during the 57th session.

La sesión 57° del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se desarrollará del 9 de septiembre al 11 de octubre de 2024. A continuación, podrán encontrar información sobre: Resoluciones, mesas redondas e informes previstos relacionados con derechos sexuales; Resultados del EPU y Evento virtual de la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI) durante la sesión 57°.

La 57e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme (CDH) de l’ONU se déroulera du 9 septembre au 11 octobre 2024.Les informations dans cette publication concernent : les résolutions anticipées, les panels et les rapports en lien avec les droits sexuels; les résultats de l’Examen périodique universel (EPU); les événements parallèles en ligne de la SRI pendant cette 57e session.

The 46th session of the Universal Periodic was held from 29 April to 10 May 2024. 14 Countries were under review during the session: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Chie, Comoros, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Eritrea, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen. In collaboration with our partners, the SRI submitted reports for Cambodia, North Macedonia, Chile and Uruguay.

La sesión 46° del Examen Periódico Universal tuvo lugar del 29 de abril al 10 de mayo de 2024. Durante la sesión fueron examinados 14 países: Afganistán, Camboya, Chile, Chipre, Eritrea, Eslovaquia, Islas Comoras, Macedonia del Norte, Nueva Zelanda, República Dominicana, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam y Yemen. En colaboración con organizaciones aliadas, la SRI presentó informes sobre Camboya, Macedonia del Norte, Chile y Uruguay.

The 46th session of the Universal Periodic was held from 29 April to 10 May 2024. 14 Countries were under review during the session: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Chie, Comoros, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Eritrea, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen. In collaboration with our partners, the SRI submitted reports for Cambodia, North Macedonia, Chile and Uruguay.

The 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 18 June to 12 July 2024. The ongoing liquidity crisis experienced by the United Nations, which deeply affects the Council’s functioning, has once again put civil society organisations under an additional and significant burden - especially when it comes to accessing hybrid modalities and organising side events. Below, you will find information on some of the key sexual rights-related: Resolutions Panel discussions Oral statements UPR Outcomes Side Events

La sesión 56° del Consejo de Derechos Humanos (CDH 56) se desarrolló del 18 de junio al 12 de julio de 2024. La crisis de liquidez que sufren las Naciones Unidas y que afecta profundamente el financiamiento del Consejo, una vez más representó una carga adicional y significativa para la sociedad civil, sobre todo en cuanto a su acceso a modalidades híbridas (de participación) y su capacidad de organizar eventos paralelos. A continuación, encontrarán información sobre algunas cuestiones relacionadas con derechos sexuales en: Resoluciones Mesas redondas Intervenciones orales Resultados del EPU Eventos paralelos

La 56e session du Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations unies s'est tenue du 18 juin au 12 juillet 2024. La crise budgétaire que connaissent actuellement les Nations unies et qui affecte lourdement le fonctionnement du Conseil, a une fois de plus imposé aux organisations de la société civile une charge supplémentaire et importante, en particulier lorsqu'il s’est agit d'accéder aux modalités hybrides et l’organisations des événements parallèles. Vous trouverez ci-dessous des informations sur certains des principaux événements en rapport avec les droits sexuels : Résolutions Tables rondes Déclarations orales Résultats des examens périodiques universels (EPU) Événements parallèles

We welcome the recommendations made to Malaysia on the ratification of the 1951 Refugee Convention (and its protocol) and regret the noting of the same. Malaysia currently fails to adequately recognise refugee status, and UNHCR registration provides only limited protection against arbitrary arrest, detention and refoulement. Malaysia is yet to provide clarity on how it determines the refugee status of detainees, and indeed the UNHCR has been denied access to immigration detention centres for almost five years now. This is concerning given current policies and the prevailing climate of xenophobia towards refugees and migrants.

Alentamos a México a que las políticas y leyes que adopte tengan un enfoque interseccional, ya que son numerosas las violaciones a los derechos humanos donde además del género o la orientación sexual y la identidad de género, aspectos como la clase, el origen étnico, el estatus migratorio u otros factores incrementan sustancialmente las vulnerabilidades de las personas que sufren discriminación.

We regret the noting of recommendations pertaining to providing access to information and education on sexual and reproductive health. Nigeria is failing to meet its obligations to provide such information, with private institutions left to bridge the gap in access to evidence-based, accurate information. Everyone has the right to learn about one’s body, sexuality, and sexual and reproductive health. We call on Nigeria to ensure access to comprehensive sexuality education for all, as part of its obligation to ensure that everyone enjoys the right to a quality education.

We echo the report’s call on States to repeal all laws and policies that penalise individuals for structural inequality, and to move away from punitive and carceral approaches.

There is overwhelming evidence showing that the criminalisation of drug use and of sex work is deeply discriminatory, disproportionately affecting people on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity and class. It also increases exposure to physical and sexual violence. It is also used as a driver of other harmful policies, for instance by restricting access to safe housing and shelter, as well as to safe places of work and labour rights for sex workers.

Human rights economy seeks to prioritize investment in economic, social and cultural rights, as well as the right to development. However, the transformative potential of a human rights economy will remain hollow without addressing the global financial architecture as a colonial structure that exerts control over countries in the Global South through debt burdens, austerity measures, structural adjustment programs and loan conditionalities through international financial institutions.

We urge States to heed the Working Group’s recommendations related to the realization of individual and collective rights to substantive equality, including guaranteeing the right to decent work, comprehensive social protection, and repealing laws criminalizing poverty. International and regional economic, financial and monetary institutions and their member States must move away from the growth-centered and neoliberal paradigm that are root causes of inequalities.