A/HRC/41/45 that trans persons are particularly at risk and that serious physical assaults are common features of crime against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-diverse persons.60 32. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, through its Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Persons, maintained a registry on violence from 1 January 2013 to 31 March 2014. During that period, the Commission recorded 594 killings of persons who were – or were perceived as – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex. It further identified that over 80 per cent of the trans women killed were 35 years of age or younger. 61 33. In the African context, following the adoption in 2014 of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights resolution 275, the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions initiated a project to strengthen its capacity to respond to violence and discrimination faced by persons of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. 62 3. National 34. State-led censuses and national population surveys are prime instruments for the collection of data on lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-diverse persons and their communities, and the mandate holder received abundant information on State measures in this respect: • Surveys to identify sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sexual behaviours have been conducted in Costa Rica, 63 Ireland (sexual behaviour), 64 Kenya (intersex only), 65 and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.66 • In the United States, data about cohabiting same-sex couples have been collected since the 2000 national census,67 enabling a dramatic increase in the understanding of the lives and conditions of same-sex couples. Similar censuses have been carried out since 2010 in Argentina, 68 and since 2011 in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.69 • The 2011 censuses in India and Nepal were the first in the world to include a third gender option. • In Bangladesh, censuses have been carried out since the recognition of trans persons and hijras70 as third gender in a 2013 ruling; most recently, a third gender option was included in voter forms.71 • In Pakistan, trans persons and hijras were included in the 2017 national census. 72 • In New Zealand73 and the United States,74 measures are being taken by researchers to standardize the use of terminology around sexual orientation and gender identity 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 See http://hatecrime.osce.org/taxonomy/term/235?year=2015. See www.oas.org/en/iachr/multimedia/2015/lgbti-violence/lgbt-violence-registry.html. See www.nanhri.org/our-work/thematic-areas/sogie-project/. Submissions from Costa Rica; Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos (Costa Rica). Submission from Ireland. Submission from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. See United Kingdom, Office for National Statistics, “Sexual orientation, UK: 2017”, available at www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/bulletins/sexualidentityuk /2017. Submission from the American Psychological Association. Submissions from Argentina; Office of the Ombudsman (Argentina); commission on gender and diversity (Argentina). Submission from the Ombudsman’s Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. A term referring to individuals who adopt a feminine gender identity with respect to, among other things, clothing and roles, and that includes trans persons and eunuchs. Submissions from the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women and others; Inclusive Bangladesh; Youth Voices Count (Asia-Pacific regional network). Submissions from the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women and others; Inclusive Bangladesh; Youth Voices Count (Asia-Pacific regional network). 11