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In Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination Holning Lau offers an incisive review of the conceptual questions that arise as legal systems around the world grapple with whether and how to protect people against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. Readership: All interested in LGBT rights (i.e., SOGI rights). This audience ranges from students to seasoned LGBT rights experts who specialize in a particular country/region and are seeking to learn about other parts of the world.

On July 17-18, a delegation from the United States Department of State will meet with the United Nations Human Rights Committee ("HRC") in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the United States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("ICCPR"). This report draws from the Williams Institute's empirical research to assess the effects that the United States' noncompliance has on sexual minorities. The United States is noncompliant with the ICCPR's antidiscrimination provision, as it has been interpreted by the HRC to protect sexual minorities. The United States is noncompliant in at least four regards: (1) the United States has failed to enact countrywide legislation to proscribe discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation; (2) the government refuses to investigate federal civilian employees' complaints of sexual orientation discrimination; (3) the government bars openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals from serving in the armed forces; and (4) the federal government fails to offer same-sex couples any form of partnership recognition.