00000cab a22000004cb4500 IPP-00000658899 IPP 20240417133554.0 240417s2020 xx d | ||r |||||eng|| eng The rainbow flag among the flags of nations are LGBTQ rights international human rights? The rainbow flag among the flags of nations 2020 Are the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, and queer persons ("LGBTQ") considered human rights under international law? This work situates the discussion in the advancement of LGBTQ rights in various domestic legal systems and proceeds to identify three broad categories of LGBTQ rights. These rights are then located in international human rights instruments. In performing this task, this work argues that the broad language of the United Nations Charter and the International Bill of Rights accommodates the view that the emergence and substance of LGBTQ rights have been protected under international law and that this view is but a natural occurrence given the universal character of human rights and the inclusion of LGBTQ rights in the content of international human rights. Addressing the view that LGBTQ rights have "no legal foundation," the work uses the textual, purposive, and holistic approaches in "reading" the International Bill of Rights to locate LGBTQ rights in international law and, in the process, open a new way of looking at international human rights law that is inclusive of and can truly address the human rights violations committed against LGBTQ persons. LGBTQ+ rights International law & human rights Philippine Law Journal Vol. 93, no. 1 (Mar. 2020), 56-76 UPD DLAW Article FI