@iesogi.bsky.social
🇨🇴 I’ve concluded my visit to Colombia, where I met 130+ stakeholders across 5 cities.
ENG:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en.pdf
SPA:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-es.pdf
ENG:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en.pdf
SPA:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-es.pdf
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🇨🇴 I’ve concluded my visit to Colombia, where I met 130+ stakeholders across 5 cities.
ENG:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en.pdf
SPA:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-es.pdf
ENG:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en.pdf
SPA:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-es.pdf
🌐🌈I thoroughly enjoyed the powerful conversations with civil society organisations hosted at GAAT and academics and researchers in Bogotá on #SOGI.
📚🧠Their knowledge and critical analysis offer essential perspectives to guide policy and deepen social understanding.
📚🧠Their knowledge and critical analysis offer essential perspectives to guide policy and deepen social understanding.
June 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🌐🌈I thoroughly enjoyed the powerful conversations with civil society organisations hosted at GAAT and academics and researchers in Bogotá on #SOGI.
📚🧠Their knowledge and critical analysis offer essential perspectives to guide policy and deepen social understanding.
📚🧠Their knowledge and critical analysis offer essential perspectives to guide policy and deepen social understanding.
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#Colombia has taken important steps to protect #LGBTIQ+ persons, but efforts must be made to effectively address discrimination & violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity - says UN expert @iesogi.bsky.social I concluding his visit to the country.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#Colombia has taken important steps to protect #LGBTIQ+ persons, but efforts must be made to effectively address discrimination & violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity - says UN expert @iesogi.bsky.social I concluding his visit to the country.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🏳️🌈🇨🇴Colombia has made notable progress, including constitutional & legal protections for #LGBT persons & has played a leadership role globally. Yet challenges remain.
📄 Read my preliminary observations:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en
📄 Read my preliminary observations:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en
June 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🏳️🌈🇨🇴Colombia has made notable progress, including constitutional & legal protections for #LGBT persons & has played a leadership role globally. Yet challenges remain.
📄 Read my preliminary observations:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en
📄 Read my preliminary observations:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/lgbt/20250530-ie-sogi-stm-colombia-en
🤝In #Barranquilla, I had the opportunity to meet with 🇨🇴regional and 🇨🇴municipal authorities, as well as 🇨🇴civil society representatives, to discuss local challenges and progress in protecting the rights of 🌈#LGBT people.
May 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🤝In #Barranquilla, I had the opportunity to meet with 🇨🇴regional and 🇨🇴municipal authorities, as well as 🇨🇴civil society representatives, to discuss local challenges and progress in protecting the rights of 🌈#LGBT people.
❓⁉️Did you know that...❓⁉️
“In many regions of the world, states have enforced existing laws and policies, or imposed new and sometimes extreme measures, to restrict freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, specifically targeting individuals based on SOGI.”
“In many regions of the world, states have enforced existing laws and policies, or imposed new and sometimes extreme measures, to restrict freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, specifically targeting individuals based on SOGI.”
May 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
❓⁉️Did you know that...❓⁉️
“In many regions of the world, states have enforced existing laws and policies, or imposed new and sometimes extreme measures, to restrict freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, specifically targeting individuals based on SOGI.”
“In many regions of the world, states have enforced existing laws and policies, or imposed new and sometimes extreme measures, to restrict freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, specifically targeting individuals based on SOGI.”
🌿What a privilege to meet with civil society -the bridge between citizens and the state- 🇨🇴from the Antioquia region in Medellín.
🙏I came away with a deeper understanding of the local context and a renewed sense of urgency to support and amplify their voices at the global level.
🙏I came away with a deeper understanding of the local context and a renewed sense of urgency to support and amplify their voices at the global level.
May 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌿What a privilege to meet with civil society -the bridge between citizens and the state- 🇨🇴from the Antioquia region in Medellín.
🙏I came away with a deeper understanding of the local context and a renewed sense of urgency to support and amplify their voices at the global level.
🙏I came away with a deeper understanding of the local context and a renewed sense of urgency to support and amplify their voices at the global level.
📢❌Structural inequality, criminalisation, and stigma continue to expose individuals to exclusion, violence, hate crimes, and even State-sanctioned persecution.
👉✅States and the private sector must partner with communities, not police them.
👉✅States and the private sector must partner with communities, not police them.
May 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📢❌Structural inequality, criminalisation, and stigma continue to expose individuals to exclusion, violence, hate crimes, and even State-sanctioned persecution.
👉✅States and the private sector must partner with communities, not police them.
👉✅States and the private sector must partner with communities, not police them.
🌎In many parts of the world, #LGBT individuals 🌈 continue to face challenges to full participation in civic and political life 🗳️ including in electoral processes as 👉voters ✌️candidates or ✊activists.
📢This is contrary to democratic principles.
📢This is contrary to democratic principles.
May 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🌎In many parts of the world, #LGBT individuals 🌈 continue to face challenges to full participation in civic and political life 🗳️ including in electoral processes as 👉voters ✌️candidates or ✊activists.
📢This is contrary to democratic principles.
📢This is contrary to democratic principles.
🙌We are strongest together, #LGBT people and those working with them to secure their rights have proved time and again ✌️the value of communities in providing support and driving change.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🙌We are strongest together, #LGBT people and those working with them to secure their rights have proved time and again ✌️the value of communities in providing support and driving change.
🌈I was honoured to join an #IDAHOBIT event hosted by 🇨🇴 Colombia and 🇪🇸 Spain—co-chairs of the Equal Rights Coalition.
✌️A moment to reflect on both the hard-won progress and the challenges that lie ahead. I spoke about the urgent need for continued collaboration.🏳️🌈 Rights are not negotiable.
✌️A moment to reflect on both the hard-won progress and the challenges that lie ahead. I spoke about the urgent need for continued collaboration.🏳️🌈 Rights are not negotiable.
May 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌈I was honoured to join an #IDAHOBIT event hosted by 🇨🇴 Colombia and 🇪🇸 Spain—co-chairs of the Equal Rights Coalition.
✌️A moment to reflect on both the hard-won progress and the challenges that lie ahead. I spoke about the urgent need for continued collaboration.🏳️🌈 Rights are not negotiable.
✌️A moment to reflect on both the hard-won progress and the challenges that lie ahead. I spoke about the urgent need for continued collaboration.🏳️🌈 Rights are not negotiable.
Choose 💚empathy over exclusion, 💙love over hate, 🧡unity over division.
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Choose 💚empathy over exclusion, 💙love over hate, 🧡unity over division.
In Bogotá, I met with 🇨🇴 Ministries of Defence, 🇨🇴 Justice and 🇨🇴 Interior to better understand how Colombia is addressing violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
🤝 Protecting rights requires coordinated action and transparent dialogue. #IESOGI
🤝 Protecting rights requires coordinated action and transparent dialogue. #IESOGI
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In Bogotá, I met with 🇨🇴 Ministries of Defence, 🇨🇴 Justice and 🇨🇴 Interior to better understand how Colombia is addressing violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
🤝 Protecting rights requires coordinated action and transparent dialogue. #IESOGI
🤝 Protecting rights requires coordinated action and transparent dialogue. #IESOGI
Trans women are women. Full stop.
May 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Trans women are women. Full stop.
At the beginning of my 🇺🇳🏳️🌈#IESOGI country visit to 🇨🇴 Colombia, I met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gaining an 🙌 overview of human rights, including those of #LGBT people in the country. 🙏I am grateful to the presenters for their thoughtful approach and insights shared with the mandate.
May 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
At the beginning of my 🇺🇳🏳️🌈#IESOGI country visit to 🇨🇴 Colombia, I met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gaining an 🙌 overview of human rights, including those of #LGBT people in the country. 🙏I am grateful to the presenters for their thoughtful approach and insights shared with the mandate.
Everyone deserves equal rights, freedom from violence, persecution, discrimination, harassment, and stigma – including LGBTIQ+ individuals.
❤️🩷💛🧡💙💚💜🤎🖤🤍
❤️🩷💛🧡💙💚💜🤎🖤🤍
May 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Everyone deserves equal rights, freedom from violence, persecution, discrimination, harassment, and stigma – including LGBTIQ+ individuals.
❤️🩷💛🧡💙💚💜🤎🖤🤍
❤️🩷💛🧡💙💚💜🤎🖤🤍
📢I will conduct a country visit to Colombia 19-30 May 2025. The #IESOGI mandate 🏳️🌈🇺🇳 will assess how national & international human rights standards⚖️ are being implemented to better the lives of 🌈#LGBT persons in 🇨🇴 #Colombia. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
May 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢I will conduct a country visit to Colombia 19-30 May 2025. The #IESOGI mandate 🏳️🌈🇺🇳 will assess how national & international human rights standards⚖️ are being implemented to better the lives of 🌈#LGBT persons in 🇨🇴 #Colombia. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
This International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT, a group of 🇺🇳@UN and regional human rights experts, including the 🏳️🌈#IESOGI, highlights the resilience and strength of 🌈communities in confronting violence and discrimination based on SOGI.
May 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia #IDAHOBIT, a group of 🇺🇳@UN and regional human rights experts, including the 🏳️🌈#IESOGI, highlights the resilience and strength of 🌈communities in confronting violence and discrimination based on SOGI.
💬At the World Forum on Democracy, I spoke about how gender & sexuality are being weaponised for political gain.
🌍 We must push back against scapegoating & stand up for human rights for all, including for 🌈#LGBT people. #IESOGI
🌍 We must push back against scapegoating & stand up for human rights for all, including for 🌈#LGBT people. #IESOGI
May 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
💬At the World Forum on Democracy, I spoke about how gender & sexuality are being weaponised for political gain.
🌍 We must push back against scapegoating & stand up for human rights for all, including for 🌈#LGBT people. #IESOGI
🌍 We must push back against scapegoating & stand up for human rights for all, including for 🌈#LGBT people. #IESOGI
The 🇺🇳 @UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is calling on governments and 👩💼businesses to take stronger action to tackle the unfair and harmful impacts #LGBT 🌈individuals often face in the workplace and through business practices.
It’s time to prioritise equality and inclusion!
It’s time to prioritise equality and inclusion!
April 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The 🇺🇳 @UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is calling on governments and 👩💼businesses to take stronger action to tackle the unfair and harmful impacts #LGBT 🌈individuals often face in the workplace and through business practices.
It’s time to prioritise equality and inclusion!
It’s time to prioritise equality and inclusion!
👏#Trans women🏳️⚧️ like all women⚖️are entitled to live free from violence and discrimination.
April 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
👏#Trans women🏳️⚧️ like all women⚖️are entitled to live free from violence and discrimination.
👏#Trans women🏳️⚧️ like all women⚖️are entitled to live free from violence and discrimination.
April 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
👏#Trans women🏳️⚧️ like all women⚖️are entitled to live free from violence and discrimination.
⛪ "Who am I to judge?", Pope Francis set the tone for a more inclusive, compassionate church.
April 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
⛪ "Who am I to judge?", Pope Francis set the tone for a more inclusive, compassionate church.
📅New Deadline: 27 April 2025!
🌈📚Share your insights on laws, policies, and practices affecting inclusivity in schools.
🔗 Submit here:https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-report-human-right-education-and-protection-against-violence-and
🌈📚Share your insights on laws, policies, and practices affecting inclusivity in schools.
🔗 Submit here:https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-report-human-right-education-and-protection-against-violence-and
April 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📅New Deadline: 27 April 2025!
🌈📚Share your insights on laws, policies, and practices affecting inclusivity in schools.
🔗 Submit here:https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-report-human-right-education-and-protection-against-violence-and
🌈📚Share your insights on laws, policies, and practices affecting inclusivity in schools.
🔗 Submit here:https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-input-report-human-right-education-and-protection-against-violence-and
🌍 Every year on #WorldHealthDay, we’re reminded that health is a fundamental human right. For 75 years, this day has spotlighted urgent challenges — from 🧠 mental health to 🍼 parental care to 🌱 climate change as a health crisis.
April 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌍 Every year on #WorldHealthDay, we’re reminded that health is a fundamental human right. For 75 years, this day has spotlighted urgent challenges — from 🧠 mental health to 🍼 parental care to 🌱 climate change as a health crisis.