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60 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. Online 1 (2018-2019)

handle is hein.journals/willmaon60 and id is 1 raw text is: William & Mary Law Review Online VOLUME 60 No. 1, 2018 LEVERAGING REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS AGAINST UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS: THE OIC INDEPENDENT PERMANENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STUDY ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROFESSOR ROBERT C. BLITT* ABSTRACT This article critically assesses a recent study on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)prepared by the Organization for Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Com- mission (IPHRC). The first two parts review the establishment of the IPHRCand the norms governing regional human rights mechanisms (RHRMs). Following this, the article demonstrates that the method- ology and conclusions evidenced in the IPHRC's SOGI study dia- metrically oppose substantive international human rights law, and furthermore undermine the intended purpose of RHRMs within the human rights system. The article concludes by recommending that * Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law. This Article is part of a larger work in progress that was presented at the 2017 ASIL Midyear Meeting Research Forum. Thanks to Elizabeth Sepper for providing comments on an earlier draft and to UTK College of Law for supporting part of the research presented here. Thanks also to Hannah Littlefield and the team at William & Mary for their thorough and professional assistance preparing this manuscript for publication. 1

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