IDAHOBIT 2022: Rights of LGBTQI+ people in and from Ukraine

The interactive panel session will be moderated by Cianán Russell, ILGA-Europe's Senior Policy Officer to discuss how to better protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in and from Ukraine.

The event will bring together:

• Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
• Olena Shevchenko, Representative of the Ukrainian LGBTIQ+ Community
• Tymur Lysenko, Representative of the Ukrainian LGBTIQ+ Community
• Matthew Kavanagh, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director a.i.
• Marc Angel, Co-President of the European Parliamentary Intergroup on LGBTI rights
• Maria Arena, Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Katalin Cseh, Member of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Joanna Darmanin, Head of Unit Humanitarian and Thematic Policies (C1), DG ECHO
• Kate Thomson, Head of Community Rights and Gender Department, The Global Fund
• Valeriia Rachynska, The Global Partnership to End HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination

UNAIDS talked to Evelyne Paradis, ILGA-Europe's Executive Director about the particular challenges facing LGBTIQ+ people caught up in war. Click here to read it.