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Monday, April 28, 2025

2018 Advocate Pepe Onziema spoke at the University of Paris-Nanterre (France) in April at the invitation of ADUH and STOP Homophobie. His talk focused on the criminalization of homosexuality and the legal challenges surrounding the persecution of LGBTQI+ individuals by states. Pepe emphasized the importance of grounding legal advocacy in the lived experiences of queer people on the ground. He underscored that queer communities should be empowered to choose their own legal representation, rather than having lawyers select their clients.

Friday, April 25, 2025

In the recently released book Anti-Gender Human Rights: The Legal Reasoning on Bolsonaro's Administration on LGBTI+ Policies (2019-2022), 2024-25 Advocate Gustavo Coutinho analyzes how the Bolsonaro government operated a legal and symbolic offensive against the LGBTI+ movement - not by chance, targeting gender and sexuality as central targets in its cultural war.

Thursday, April 24, 2025
2022-23 Advocate Ana Belique of Reconoci.do in the Dominican Republic recently participated in a number of public events on the need for reparative justice for Afro-descendant communities across the Americas. She shared the following updates on the events:
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

This week we are pleased to introduce you to the following three participants in the 2024-25 Human Rights Advocates Program at ISHR: Wanja Ngure of UHAI EASHRI in Kenya, Kutlwano Magashula of The Other Foundation in South Africa, and Kathia Carrillo of Comunes in Peru.

Monday, April 14, 2025

This week meet Connex Khomba (Malawi) of The Ivy Foundation (Malawi) and Gustavo Miranda Countinho (Brazil) of the International Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Intersex Association - Latin America and the Caribbean.