LGBT | Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion

Kazakhstan: Proposed ‘LGBT Propaganda’ law risks institutionalising discrimination, warn UN experts

14 November 2025, GENEVA – A bill to ban so-called “LGBT propaganda” in Kazakhstan’s Parliament would entrench stigma, outlaw expression, and contravene international human rights obligations, UN experts* warned today. On 12 November, the Mazhilis (lower house of...

Georgia must repeal discriminatory law targeting LGBT persons and human rights activists: UN experts

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26 September 2024, GENEVA – The Government of Georgia should repeal the overtly discriminatory legislation recently passed by Parliament, which violates the human rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly among others, UN experts* said today. On 17...

Uganda: UN experts condemn egregious anti-LGBT legislation

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GENEVA (29 March 2023) – Making homosexuality punishable by death is an egregious violation of human rights, UN experts said today, urging Uganda’s president not to promulgate laws that take aim at and further criminalise people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual...