Chile

Inter-American Court Finds that Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity are Protected Grounds

London, 3 April 2012 
 
On March 21, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its landmark judgment in Atala Riffo and daughters v Chile. In its first case concerning discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, the Court established that both “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” are grounds falling within the protection against discrimination enshrined in Article 1 of the American Convention of Human Rights (the Convention).