III. Legal Framework
The State has the primary responsibility to combat all rights violations against people
living within its borders, including transgender individuals. It is therefore the duty of
the State to enact good laws (eg anti-discrimination laws) and remove bad laws (eg
criminalization of marginalized groups) to meet their obligations under international
human rights law. As Non-State discrimination is also a significant problem for
transgender individuals, it is even more imperative that the State takes firm action to
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