This video is made for the International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Oslo 15th - 16th April 2013. In June 2011, under the leadership of South Africa, the UN Human Rights Council adopted resolution 17/19 -- the first United Nations resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. This historic resolution was followed by a report from the High Commissioner for Human Rights addressing the responsibility of states to end violence and discriminatory laws and practices based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and a panel discussion was held in the Human Rights Council in March 2012. There is now a need for further follow-up of resolution 17/19 to ensure continued Human Rights Council attention to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. South Africa, Norway, Brazil and other friends of the resolution have therefore decided to reach out cross-regionally, through dialogue and engagement in a series of regional seminars, as a prelude to the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council. The regional seminars are scheduled to take place in France, Brazil and Nepal in March and April, and we are planning a similar event in the African region. The main purpose of these seminars is to gain better understanding of the specific human rights challenges for sexual minorities in each region, and to discuss how these challenges may best be overcome. For more information: http://www.hrsogi.org/