Convocatoria a consultorías: Elaboración de estado del arte sobre la respuesta de los Estados frente a la violencia por prejuicio hacia personas LGBTIQ+ en América Latina y el Caribe
La Red de Litigantes LGBTI de las Américas, la Red SIn Violencia LGBTI, Synergía – Iniciativas para los derechos humanos y Akahatá unen esfuerzos debido a la necesidad de contar con información sistematizada y comparable sobre la respuesta que los Estados de la región han dado a la violencia por prejuicio hacia personas LGBTI+, para […]
Synergía and PUICA host webinar on gender identity recognition in the CARICOM
The OAS Universal Civil Identity Program in the Americas and Synergía hosted on February 24th a webinar on “Legal Recognition of Gender Identity and the Implementation of the Advisory Opinion 24/17 in the CARICOM countries,” with support of the Mission of Canada to the OAS. Speakers were Ambassador Hugh Adsett, Permanent Representative of Canada to […]
The Organization of American States and Synergía sign a Cooperation Agreement
The Organization of the American States, represented by the Secretary General Luis Almagro and Synergía, on behalf of the LGBTTTI and Sex Workers Coalition of Latin America and the Caribbean before the OAS, represented by Synergía’s Executive Director Stefano Fabeni, signed a Cooperation Agreement on February 8th, 2022. The signature ceremony took place at the […]
Synergía hosts training activities for Portuguese and Spanish-speaking African human rights defenders
On December 9-11, Synergía hosted in Praia, Cape Verde a training on the African system of protection of human rights for human rights defenders from Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Principe. The 3-day activity, which constituted the second step to strengthen advocacy and participation of HRDs from the mentioned countries, focused […]
AAEC and Synergía submit a shadow report on Togo for 132nd session of the UN Human Rights Committee
Afrique Arc En Ciel Togo, in collaboration with Synergía, submitted a shadow report on the human rights violations of individuals based on their real or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity in Togo in preparation for the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Committee. The 132nd session will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from […]
Synergía and the Coalition LGBTTTI& TS working with the OAS deplore the killing of Andrea González
Synergía – Initiatives for Human Rights, along with the Coalition of LGBTTTI and Sex Workers Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean working with the Organization of American States (OAS), deplores with outrage the brutal murder of Andrea González, director of the organization OTRANS Reinas de la Noche and member of the Red Latinoamericana y […]
UN Special Procedures condemn arbitrary arrest of Ghanaian LGBTI human rights defenders
A group of seven UN Special Procedures has condemned yesterday the arrest of 21 human rights defenders (HRDs) and called the government of Ghana for their immediate and unconditional release. The 21 HRDs of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) rights were arrested in Ho, Volta region, on May 20 while […]
Webinar: Participation of African Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries within the African system of protection of human rights
Synergía and the Center for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria hosted on May 17th, 2021 the webinar “Participation of African Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries within the African system of protection of human rights: the role of civil society – A conversation with Commissioner Maria Teresa Manuela.” Commissioner Maria Teresa Manuela (Angola), Special Rapporteur […]
CIAC webinar series in April 2021
The Coalition for the Independence of the African Commission (CIAC) will host on April 26-30 at 3pm (GMT+3 – Nairobi time) a webinar series featuring publications and other information materials the Coalition has recently published. Each webinar will feature a panel of experts on the various topics. All latest CIAC publications can be found here. […]
Synergía and partners presented an Amicus Brief before the Inter American Court in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador
Manuela, a Salvadoran woman of low socioeconomic resources, died of cancer at the age of 33 while serving a 30-year prison sentence for the crime of aggravated homicide, after suffering an obstetric emergency and without ever having received adequate treatment for lymphatic cancer she was suffering from (Hodgkin’s lymphoma). The case is particularly relevant since […]