A Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression and Sex Characteristics Approach
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Date
2021
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Council of Europe
Abstract
The Council of Europe standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect of the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons: “Everyone must enjoy the rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights regardless of skin colour, sex, language, political or religious beliefs or origins. The prohibition of discrimination is closely linked to the principle of equality which holds that all people are born and remain free and equal in dignity and rights” (Article 14 of the European Convention on Human
Rights, Council of Europe, 1950)