Victor Madrigal-Borloz

Victor Madrigal-Borloz
United Nations Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
In office
2018–2023
Appointed byUnited Nations Human Rights Council
Preceded byVitit Muntarbhorn
Succeeded byGraeme Reid

Victor Madrigal-Borloz is a Costa Rican lawyer. Between 2018 and 2023, he served as the United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (UN IE SOGI).[1] During his tenure at the U.N., Madrigal-Borloz has been noted for focusing his Human Rights Council mandate on investigating a broad and intersectional range of issues facing LGBT communities around the world, including conversion therapy,[2] criminalization,[3] socio-cultural exclusion,[4] anti-trans rhetoric,[5] and the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable LGBT and gender-diverse populations.[6]

  1. ^ "Victor Madrigal-Borloz". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2018.
  2. ^ "U.N. calls for global end to conversion therapy". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. ^ "UN SOGI Expert Urges End to Criminalization of Same Sex Relations". HRC. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  4. ^ "Víctor Madrigal: "States should consider that the valuable contributions of LGBTI people to the construction of the social fabric is one of the ways to guarantee their recognition and inclusion" – Race and Equality". Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  5. ^ Madrigal-Borloz, Victor (2019-11-10). "The Australian media's portrayal of trans people is a betrayal of their human rights | Victor Madrigal-Borloz". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  6. ^ Reid-Smith, Tris (2020-11-10). "UN expert says COVID has increased exclusion and violence against LGBT+ people". Gay Star News. Retrieved 2020-11-18.