Protection of Transgender Community Under International Human Rights Regime: A Case Study of Pakistan

Abstract

The World War II victors established a global network of international institutions devoted to the protection of human rights worldwide. A liberal institutionalism perspective supports and promotes all initiatives aimed at advancing transgender rights in a liberal and democratic realm for promoting human rights globally. Whereas social pressure seeks to discourage the government's prospects for supporting the transgender community, Pakistan is a country that aims to provide proper protection to the transgender community. This study intends to offer a discussion of the social condition of the transgender community in Pakistan as well as the significant role of international institutions in influencing the state for the protection and promotion of this community. This research also discusses the reluctance of the state toward the transgender community, which is more deleterious to this community. International human rights regimes based on liberal institutionalism constantly push nations to support efforts to achieve developmental goals for these individuals to maintain peace in the democratic order. Pakistan hopes to gain the support of the transgender community after passing the transgender person's bill in 2018. This study intends to present data that can provide a path for society to comprehend the sensitiveness and seriousness of transgender people after interviewing various transgender individuals around the country.