Protecting LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture: Challenges, opportunities, and comparative experiences
This news piece is about REDRESS' webinar held on 1 July 2021 on the protection of LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture and ill-treatment. The speakers on that occasion included (i) Victor Madrigal, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orie...
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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
2021-12-01
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| description | This news piece is about REDRESS' webinar held on 1 July 2021 on the protection of LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture and ill-treatment. The speakers on that occasion included (i) Victor Madrigal, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; (ii) Sibongile Ndashe, founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), based in South Africa; Ayo Sogunro, Manager of the Sexual Orientation, Gender identity and Sex Characteristics Unit at the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, in South Africa; and (iv) Gabriela Oporto, from the Peruvian organisation PROMSEX.
This news piece was written by Chris Esdaile and Renata Politi, from REDRESS. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ebe83bdb7d744c1911ff44c1a824c322025-08-20T02:10:49ZengInternational Rehabilitation Council for Torture VictimsTorture1018-81851997-33222021-12-0131214414610.7146/torture.v31i2.128109121299Protecting LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture: Challenges, opportunities, and comparative experiencesRenata Politi0Chris EsdaileREDRESSThis news piece is about REDRESS' webinar held on 1 July 2021 on the protection of LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture and ill-treatment. The speakers on that occasion included (i) Victor Madrigal, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; (ii) Sibongile Ndashe, founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), based in South Africa; Ayo Sogunro, Manager of the Sexual Orientation, Gender identity and Sex Characteristics Unit at the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, in South Africa; and (iv) Gabriela Oporto, from the Peruvian organisation PROMSEX. This news piece was written by Chris Esdaile and Renata Politi, from REDRESS.https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/128109human rightsdiscriminationlgbttortureill-treatmentafricasexual orientationgender identitylitigationstrategic litigationazul rojas marínaccountabilityjudgmentafrican human rights systemafrican commissioninter-american system of human rightsinter-american court of human rightsafrican commission on human and peoples' rightsviolencediscriminatory torture |
| spellingShingle | Renata Politi Chris Esdaile Protecting LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture: Challenges, opportunities, and comparative experiences Torture human rights discrimination lgbt torture ill-treatment africa sexual orientation gender identity litigation strategic litigation azul rojas marín accountability judgment african human rights system african commission inter-american system of human rights inter-american court of human rights african commission on human and peoples' rights violence discriminatory torture |
| title | Protecting LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture: Challenges, opportunities, and comparative experiences |
| title_full | Protecting LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture: Challenges, opportunities, and comparative experiences |
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| title_short | Protecting LGBT+ persons in Africa from torture: Challenges, opportunities, and comparative experiences |
| title_sort | protecting lgbt persons in africa from torture challenges opportunities and comparative experiences |
| topic | human rights discrimination lgbt torture ill-treatment africa sexual orientation gender identity litigation strategic litigation azul rojas marín accountability judgment african human rights system african commission inter-american system of human rights inter-american court of human rights african commission on human and peoples' rights violence discriminatory torture |
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