Bernardo Fico

Bernardo Fico (he/him) is an intern at ILGA since February 2018 in the Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures team. He holds a Law Degree from University of São Paulo, is an LL.M. Student of the International Human Rights program at Northwestern University (2018-2019), and was awarded Northwestern's Evans Fellowship. He is a former Visiting Professional at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and has started the first Brazilian database on LGBT-related academic articles. He has also participated in Stanford's Summer Human Rights Concentration Course, Universität Luzern's Academy for Human Rights Implementation, and OAS' XLIV International Law Course.

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Brazil’s Landmark Decision on Transgender Persons’ Official Documents

Brazil’s Landmark Decision on Transgender Persons’ Official Documents

Language is a powerful tool, though often overlooked by fields unattached to linguistics. Vocabulary choice is especially sensitive when addressing legal aspects of equality and non-discrimination, where the rights of minority groups ...