[17] In addition to his work as the Independent Expert, Madrigal-Borloz concurrently serves as the Eleanor Roosevelt Senior Visiting Researcher in Human Rights at Harvard Law School.

Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (commonly known as the IE SOGI) in January 2018, after the inaugural holder of the mandate, Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, stepped down for personal health reasons.

[29] In 2020, his report to the UN Human Rights Council garnered widespread international attention after it called for a “global ban” on the practice of conversion therapy against LGBTQ individuals.

[32] In addition to his reports, Madrigal-Borloz conducted investigatory country visits and responded to individual allegations of state-sponsored violence and discrimination against LGBT persons.

[33] Madrigal-Borloz also traveled widely to meet with members of civil society to gather information for his thematic reports, and to assess the on-the-ground human rights situations of LGBT individuals and their advocates.