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> From: "Wintemute, Robert" > Date: June 28, 2013, 10:26:17 PM GMT+05:30 > Subject: International Commission of Jurists: 2 new SO/GI databases > > http://www.icj.org/icj-launches-two-innovative-legal-databases/ > > ICJ launches two innovative legal databases > Today the ICJ launches two new innovative legal tools: the Sexual Orientation > & Gender Identity UN Database and the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity > Legislative Database. > The UN Database gathers all the SOGI-related doctrine and jurisprudence of > the UN human rights system in one searchable database. > It is the electronic version of the UN Compilations, which the ICJ has issued > regularly since 2005. > The documents are organized by source (such as treaty body, special > rapporteur or working group) and it is possible to search the database by > source or by country, region or key word. > The Legislative Database is the result of a year-long pilot project in > collaboration with the International Human Rights Program at the University > of Toronto Faculty of Law. > Student researchers gathered and analyzed laws from twenty-four countries in > all regions of the world. Each country is introduced with a legislative > overview. > The laws themselves are LGBT-friendly or neutral with regard to sexual > orientation and gender identity. It is searchable by country and topic. > The purpose was to provide the actual texts of laws as comparative examples > for use in legislative reform efforts. > The ICJ is very pleased to announce the launch of these new resources to help > activists and lawyers around the world advocate for LGBT human rights. > Both databases were created by HURIDOCS. > The hard copy version of the 2013 edition of the UN Compilation can be > downloaded below: > SOGI UN Compilation electronic version – publications-2013 (full text in pdf) >
