Part of our Everyday Work NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming SOGISC Work Contents Abbreviations 4 1. Introduction 4 1.1. Terms and definitions 5 1.2. Why mainstreaming is important for human rights work 6 1.3. What do these guidelines include? 6 2. 3. 4. 5. Some human rights issues for LGBTI people in this region 7 2.1. Human rights for intersex people 7 2.2. Human rights for transgender people 8 2.3. Human rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people 8 NHRIs’ internal work 9 3.1. Sensitisation training 9 3.2. Strategic planning 10 3.3. Employment and human resource practices 11 3.4. Recognise how universal human rights apply to LGBTI people 12 NHRIs’ external promotion and protection work 13 4.1. Advice 13 4.2. Education and awareness raising 15 4.3. Monitoring 16 4.4. Complaint handling 17 4.5. Court interventions and monitoring 19 4.6. Advocacy 19 4.7. Cooperation and engagement 21 4.8. National inquiries 24 Conclusion 26 3