Peace Operations and the Protection of LGBTIQ People: What Is the UN’s Role?

On April 9, 2024, for the first time in history, a full session of the United Nations Security Council received a briefing on security issues impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people during the council’s quarterly meeting on Colombia. In her statement, the director of the human rights organization Colombia Diversa called on the council to “send a powerful signal to the LGBTQ population in Colombia that their lives matter and that you will stand by your commitment to protect their rights.”