Who is Victor Madrigal-Borloz?
And why is he telling Scottish Parliament what to do?
On December 19th, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) addressed the Scottish Parliament Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee about the Gender Recognition Reform bill ahead of its final debate.
If passed, the bill will grant gender recognition certificates on the basis of self-identification.
Madrigal-Borloz, a Costa Rican Lawyer, has served in the IE SOGI role since January 1, 2018. Notably, he is a signatory of the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10, a supplementary document to the Yogyakarta Principles that was adopted on November 10, 2017.
The Yogyakarta Principles are a set of 29 guidelines published in 2006 that argue a person’s self-defined gender identity should trump biological sex in all contexts.
The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 provide additional principles and state obligations to be read alongside the original document.
Under Principle 31, the document sa…
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