- The Humanitarian Charter
- International, regional and national laws and other frameworks pertaining to rights
- Research on SOGIE experiences during disaster
- Research on SOGIE inclusion during disaster
Summary
- The rights of SOGIE diverse people are recognized and protected under a number of international, regional and national frameworks and agreements.
- The Humanitarian Charter emphasizes the rights of all people – inluding those of SOGIE diversity- to humanitarian assistance and support
- In times of disaster, SOGIE diverse people face increased discrimination, harassment, exclusion, assault (verbal, physical, sexual), and are even blamed for the disasters themselves
- By not recognizing SOGIE diverse people as a vulnerable group, humanitarian organizations fail to protect and include SOGIE diverse people in times of disaster
- “Equal treatment” is not enough as SOGIE diverse people are in-fact in need of equity not equality
- Failure to address and include SOGIE diversity means that humanitarian organizations fail:
- the humanitarian imperative of providing aid and protection to everyone impartiall
- the humanitarian standard of not doing harm