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RUIZ URREA, Linda Alexandra  e  GUERRERO ANDRADE, Iran. The scope of sexual orientation and gender identity in the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2021, vol.54, n.162, e17070.  Epub 05-Jun-2021. ISSN 2448-4873.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24484873e.2021.162.17070.

This chapter analyzes the case law issued by the Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Court on issues associated with sexual diversity. In particular, cases related to sexual orientation and gender identity that have been known to both international bodies were examined. It is concluded that although the case law criteria expressed in the respective cases represent an important formal advance regarding the recognition of human rights -as the cases themselves are referents that generate relative judicial and symbolic transformations- they certainly increase the challenges for the generation of transformative social changes for groups of sexual diversity, who continue to bear multiple discriminations in daily practice.

Palavras-chave : Human rights; gender identity; sexual orientation; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Human Rights Committee and case law.