"Yuvraj Joshi, the Yale Law School Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellow in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Rights Program of Human Rights Watch, was the primary researcher and author of this report"--Acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Summary: Legal Gender Recognition -- Unprotected in Law -- Discrimination against Gender Non-Conformity -- Key Recommendations: To the Parliament of Sri Lanka -- To the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly -- To the Ministry of Law and Order -- To the Police -- To the Ministry of Health -- To the Registrar General's Department -- To the Department of Registration of Persons, Department of Immigration and Emigration -- Methodology -- Annex III. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Sri Lanka: Attitudes toward Gender Non-Conformity and Homosexuality -- Criminalization of Same-Sex Relations, Gender Non-Conformity -- II. Legal Gender Recognition: Lack of Clear and Simple Gender Recognition -- Problematic Medical Diagnosis or Treatment Requirements -- . III. Police Abuses: Targeting the Vulnerable -- Sexual Abuse -- Physical Abuse -- Police Responsibility -- Police Training -- IV. Public and Private Sector Discrimination: Discrimination in Health Care -- Discrimination in Employment and Housing -- V. Sri Lanka's Human Rights Obligations -- Full Recommendations: To the Parliament of Sri Lanka -- To the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly -- To the Ministry of Justice -- To the Ministry of Health -- To the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs -- To the Ministry of Law and Order -- To the Police -- To the Registrar General's Department -- To the Department of Registration of Persons, Department of Immigration and Emigration -- To the National STD/AIDS Control Program -- To the National Human Rights Commission -- To the Sri Lanka Medical Council, Medical Association, and College of Psychiatrists -- Acknowledgements -- Annex I -- Annex II -- Annex III.
Summary:
"The report, "'All Five Fingers Are Not the Same': Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Sri Lanka," finds that people who don't conform to gender norms face arbitrary detention, mistreatment, and discrimination accessing employment, housing, and health care. The government should protect the rights of transgender people and others who face similar discrimination, Human Rights Watch said"--Publisher's description.
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