Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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PDF
Commonwealth HIV and AIDS Action Group letter re murder of David Kato, gay human rights activist in Uganda
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2011
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PDF
"…[We] speak to issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights, on behalf of 119 NGOs (21 ECOSOC-accredited) from over 60 countries (see attached list), and more than 300+ participants from 23 countries who endorsed the Joint Statement...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
"[We] draw your attention to recent laws that threaten the right to freedom of expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and others. … What can be done to ensure that national laws that limit the right to freedom of expression...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
Collective Statement: Street sex workers and our allies stand up for full decriminalization of our lives.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
"As a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and on behalf of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, one of the world’sleading organizations tackling HIV-related human rights issues, I write to you to express our deep concern at the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
The undersigned non-governmental organizations appeal to the Special Procedures mandate-holders to take the following actions:Issue a joint public statement calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to openly condemn all killings based on sexual orientation...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2013
Format:
PDF
Speak out against hate, stand up for human rights: An open letter from Canadian organizations regarding homophobia in Russia and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
"On behalf of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and our more than 100 members, I write to express our deep dismay at recent reports that you are planning to sign into law the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009 that was passed by Parliament in December of last...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
This joint statement to the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, was delivered on behalf of several intersex NGOs from around the world at...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2014
Format:
PDF
"We welcome your public statements as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs condemning the adoption of anti‐LGBTQ laws in Russia, Nigeria and Uganda…. However, such statements are not enough…. We therefore call upon the Government of Canada to...
