Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the CPLP: Human Rights and Public Policies
This project, SOGI-CPLP, aimed at contributing to a better understanding of how respect for sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is being publicly discussed and translated into legislation, judicial practice and public policies in the Member States of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) – i.e. Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Equatorial-Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, and Timor-Leste. Within international human rights law, there is a well-established framework to promote respect for sexual orientation and gender identity. In spite of being bound by largely similar international human rights standards, CPLP Member States have different legal and policy approaches to the regulation of consensual same-sex acts between adults, protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and enjoyment of fundamental rights by LGBTI+ individuals. Most notably, this project consisted of a comparative study designed to (a) map the similarities and the differences among the CPLP Member States (legal framework and policy options in such fields as health care, access to justice, education and employment), (b) explain those similarities and differences, and (c) derive policy recommendations from the findings.
Duration: 1 October 2019 – 30 September 2023.
Co-PI: Ana Lúcia Sá
Team: Benedita Mac Crorie, Douglas Weber, Giulia Daniele, Larissa Coelho, Maria de Assunção do Vale Pereira, Ricardo Falcão, Rui Garrido, Yonatan Gez.
Partner: CEI – Centre for International Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon
JusGov Research Groups: DH