Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law: Human Rights and Beyond

Topics of Discussion

In the summer of 2025, the following SOGI topics will be up for discussion

• Introducing global SOGIESC law
• Queer Rights: The case of the Netherlands in its European context
• Transgender issues across the world – and their journey into international law
• Inclusion of sexual orientation in the world’s prohibitions of discrimination
• Gender identity in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights 
• SOGIESC cases decided by the UN treaty bodies (Human Rights Committee, CEDAW Committee, etc.)
• International economic organisations and international trade and investment law: global leverage for SOGIESC issues?
• The emergence of intersex as a protected category in international law
• Contested legal issues on intersex: torture and non-binary gender
• Intersectionality
• Persons of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities in international refugee law
• LGBTI asylum-seekers and refugees: a vulnerable group within a vulnerable population
• The right to relate, to come out, and to come together: sexual orientation as an aspect of sexual, gender and relational diversity
• The SOGIESC case law of the Inter-American Court & Commission of Human Rights and of the Caribbean Court of Justice – and its impact in the region
• SOGIESC issues in the global arena
• Inter-American initiatives in the fight against SOGI based discrimination and violence Inter-American initiatives in the fight against SOGI based discrimination and violence
• Dusting off the law books: Recognizing gender persecution crimes committed against LGBTQI+ persons in conflicts and atrocities
• Finding protection for women and LGBTI persons in international criminal law: the draft articles for a treaty on crimes against humanity
• The role of the African Union in combating SOGI based human rights violations
• SOGIESC in the EU and beyond
• SOGIESC challenges in different corners of international politics