La discriminación en razón de la orientación sexual

Abstract

El principio de no discriminacion no contaba con una definicion estricta en el sistema interamericano, por lo cual establecer si la orientacion sexual podia ser considerada un motivo prohibido de discriminacion resultaba complejo. A partir del fallo Atala Riffo y ninas vs. Chile, la Corte Interamericana entendio que esta categoria quedaba incluida dentro de la expresion “cualquier otra condicion social”, por lo cual se encontraba protegida por la Convencion Americana y quedaba vedado todo tipo de trato discriminatorio ilegitimo. Para asi entender realizo un estudio de la normativa y jurisprudencia de los sistemas universal y europeo. Luego de esta sentencia, se produjeron novedades normativas, e incluso la creacion de la Relatoria LGBTI.

Non-discrimination principle did not have a strict definition in the inter-American system, so establishing whether sexual orientation could be considered a prohibited cause of discrimination was a complex issue. Since the verdict of the Atala Riffo and daughters vs. Chile case, the Inter-American Court understood this category was included within the term “any other social condition” and so it was protected by the Inter-American Convention and prohibited any type of illegitimate discriminatory treatment. In order to arrive to this conclusion the Court made a study of the laws and jurisprudence from the Universal and European systems. Regulatory changes and even the creation of the LGBTI Post of Court Reporter followed the referred verdict.