Victor Madrigal-Borloz

Victor Madrigal-Borloz is a Costa Rican lawyer. He is the Secretary-General of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims,[1] and UN Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity since 2018 after Vitit Muntarbhorn.[2]

Career

Madrigal Borloz is the Secretary-General of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims[2][3] and a board member of the International Justice Resource Center.[4] He has served as a member of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture from 2013 to 2016,[1] and as Head of Litigation and Head of the Registry at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.[2] At the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Madrigal-Borloz was the first staff member in a unit on the human rights of LGBTI persons.[5]

He has also held roles with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. In January 2018, he commenced as UN Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.[2][5][6][7][8] He has said that his focus would be "on banning so-called "conversion therapy" and repealing discriminatory laws".[9] Madrigal Borloz is a signatory of the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.[10] He is also a founding member of the Costa Rican Association of International Law.[1]Madrigal Borloz has also become a board member of International Justice Resource Centre [11]

In July 2019, in an official U.N. report[12], he called upon governments to fight back against religions that do not embrace LGTBQI rights, especially violent oppression, but also including anti-LGTBQI "hate speech"[13].

References
  1. International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. "International Secretariat". Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. "Victor Madrigal-Borloz". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2018.
  3. World Without Torture (June 7, 2016). "What politicians and the public need to know about life after torture: An interview with Victor Madrigal-Borloz". Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  4. International Justice Resource Center. "Victor Madrigal-Borloz".
  5. "Victor Madrigal-Borloz Appointed Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity". International Justice Resource Center. December 5, 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  6. Agencia Presentes (December 6, 2017). "Víctor Madrigal-Borloz es el nuevo relator de la ONU para el colectivo LGTBI" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  7. Department of State (December 11, 2017). "OAS LGBTI Core Group Welcomes the Appointment of Victor Madrigal-Borloz as UN Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  8. International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (December 4, 2017). "ILGA Welcomes Victor Madrigal-Borloz's Appointment as New UN SOGI Independent Expert".CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Chaudhry, Serena (June 19, 2018). "INTERVIEW-U.N. envoy wants global ban on 'barbaric' conversion therapies". Reuters. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  10. "Yogyakarta Principles plus 10". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
  11. Victor Madrigal-Borloz
  12. Madrigal-Borlaz, Victor. "Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - A/74/181 - E - A/74/181". undocs.org. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  13. Maren, Jonathon Van (2019-09-25). "UN expert calls on governments to take action against religions that don't embrace LGBT rights | The Bridgehead". Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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