Despite a number of historic legal successes in recent years, organizations advocating for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals continue to face monumental challenges in their attempts to exercise their fundamental rights to assemble, associate and express themselves. Such challenges are particularly formidable when they come in the form of legislation, regulations and official policy prescriptions, many of which continue not only to prevent LGBTI individuals from achieving full equality, but also prevent CSOs from advocating on their behalf. In this issue of Global Trends, ICNL spotlight some of the legal challenges to the rights of association, assembly and expression faced by CSOs that advocate on behalf of the LGBTI community, highlight some of the legal successes achieved, and briefly discuss some specific successful advocacy strategies and the key lessons learned. The paper is available for download here.
Source: ICNL
