Year of publication: 2018

Revealing the Rainbow: The Human Rights Situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ Communities and Their Defenders analyses the human right situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ communities and their defenders in Southeast Asia in the decade since the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the Yogyakarta Principles were introduced. It documents both the legal framework and analyses the factual reality in each of the 11 Southeast Asian States (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam) on the basis of relevant UPR recommendations they accepted.

This report aims to foster dialogue to improve the human rights situation of Southeast Asia’s LGBTIQ communities and their defenders. In particular, it hopes to empower civil society organisations (CSOs) and UN Member States to fully capitalise on the UPR process as a means through which such improvements may be achieved.