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UN Human Rigths Council 30th session: Sexual Rights Recap
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At the global stage, one even to be highlighted was the launching of the Sex Work Law Map, produced by the Institute of Development Studies.
Joint UN statement on Ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people
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UN OHCHR fact sheet on intersex
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“We speak to this issue from experience and evidence. Having many years of experience between us of work on sexuality-related human rights, we are seized by