International Mechanism Submissions

This joint stakeholder report addresses human rights violations against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) in Lesotho since Lesotho’s last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2020.

Lesotho fails to adequately prevent violence, harassment, and discrimination by State and non-State actors against people based on their perceived and actual sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE). Despite some promising developments, such as Lesotho’s efforts to make healthcare more accessible to LGBTQ+ individuals and public statements by Chief Justice S. P. Sakoane calling for the “cultivation of an LGBTIQ sensitive culture,” LGBTQ+ individuals do not enjoy the same rights and freedoms as non-LGBTQ+ individuals in Lesotho.