This summer the Independent Expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz presented to the Human Rights Council his report on his country visit to Ukraine. The report can be read here
Madrigal-Borloz shared online a discussion he had with stakeholders to discuss findings.
In 2019, I conducted a country visit to Ukraine, where I had the opportunity to meet and talk to more than 150 people, in 3 different regions and cities over 30 group meetings and workshops, during a period of 10 days.
Last week, the Моніторингова місія ООН з прав людини / UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine hosted a virtual discussion about the report to strengthen the dialogue on his findings and recommendations and continue to advance the fight against violence and discrimination based on SOGI in the country.
We had the honour of being joined by:
- Matilda Bogner, Monitoring Mission of OHCHR in Ukraine
- Olena Mytnyk, Human Rights Expert, Ukraine Ministry of Justice
- Kateryna Pohorska, Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Andriy Kravchuk, civil society representative from NGO “Nash Mir”
- Olena Shevchenko, civil society representative from NGO “Insight”
Mr. Victor Madrigal-Borloz (Costa Rica) assumed the role of UN Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity for a three years period starting on 1 January 2018. He serves as the Secretary-General of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), a global network of over 150 rehabilitation centres with the vision of full enjoyment of the right to rehabilitation for all victims of torture and ill treatment. A member of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture from 2013 to 2016, Mr Madrigal-Borloz was Rapporteur on Reprisals and oversaw a draft policy on the torture and ill-treatment of LGBTI persons. Prior to this he led technical work on numerous cases, reports and testimonies as Head of Litigation and Head of the Registry at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and has also worked at the Danish Institute for Human Rights (Copenhagen, Denmark) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica).