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On International Transgender Day of Remembrance, IACHR Urges States to Protect Trans Persons' Full Access to Their Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
November 21, 2017
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States, issued the following news release:

On this International Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) calls to mind the grave situation of violence and discrimination to which trans persons are subjected. The IACHR urges the States of the region to take all necessary measures to end the violence and social exclusio . . .

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