Victor Madrigal-Borloz | |
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| United Nations Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Appointed by | United Nations Human Rights Council |
| Preceded by | Vitit Muntarbhorn |
Victor Madrigal-Borloz is a Costa Rican lawyer. Since 2018, he has served as the United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (UN IE SOGI).[1] During his tenure at the U.N., Madrigal-Borloz has been noted for focusing his Human Rights Council mandate on investigating a broad and intersectional range of issues facing LGBT communities around the world, including conversion therapy,[2] criminalization,[3] socio-cultural exclusion,[4] anti-trans rhetoric,[5] and the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable LGBT and gender-diverse populations.[6]
- ^ "Victor Madrigal-Borloz". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2018.
- ^ "U.N. calls for global end to conversion therapy". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "UN SOGI Expert Urges End to Criminalization of Same Sex Relations". HRC. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ "Víctor Madrigal: "States should consider that the valuable contributions of LGBTI people to the construction of the social fabric is one of the ways to guarantee their recognition and inclusion" – Race and Equality". Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ Madrigal-Borloz, Victor (2019-11-10). "The Australian media's portrayal of trans people is a betrayal of their human rights | Victor Madrigal-Borloz". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ Reid-Smith, Tris (2020-11-10). "UN expert says COVID has increased exclusion and violence against LGBT+ people". Gay Star News. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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