Table of contents
Acknowledgements v
Abbreviations vii
Background to the second Jean-Jacques Gautier Symposium
1
Objective and structure of the report
3
Summary
5
Introduction: definitions and general framework
7
Sexual orientation and gender identity
7
A group in a “situation of vulnerability”
8
A heterogeneous group
8
Influence of the context
General principles
Virtual absence of international standards and lack of data
LGBT persons in detention: risk situations and factors
9
10
11
13
Violence amongst detainees
13
Is the separation of LGBT detainees from other prisoners
the solution?
14
The influence of institutional culture
16
The situation of transgender detainees
18
Addressing situations of vulnerability of LGBT persons
deprived of liberty: What role for NPMs?
21
Visits to places of detention
21
Identification of LGBT detainees
23
Monitoring team composition
24
Beyond preventive visits
25
Reports
25
Dialogue with authorities and collaboration with civil society
27
Conclusion
29
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