In the publication: “Gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity: A milestone for LGBTI rights before the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace”, available online at EJIL:Talk! (The European Journal of International Law), CEDPAL (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) researcher, Susann Aboueldahab discusses an important decision made by the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace-JEP: last month, the JEP ruled that gender persecution – both gender identity and sexual orientation – should be considered a crime against the humanity of the victims, which constitutes a precedent in international criminal law. 

Read the online publication (in English)

Aboueldahab, S. Gender-based persecution as a crime against humanity: A milestone for LGBTI rights before the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace. EJIL:Talk!, 4 May 2021. Recovered from [https://www.ejiltalk.org/gender-based-persecution-as-a-crime-against-humanity-a-milestone-for-lgbti-rights-before-the-colombian-special-jurisdiction-for-peace/]

(NW: Claudia Maya. English: Tiziana Laudato)