Considering the ideas and linguistic aspects of the previous...
In recent years, awareness has grown of the scope and scale of violence and discrimination directed at lesbian, gay, bi, trans (LGBT) and intersex people around the world ⸺ including killings, torture, arbitrary detention and widespread discrimination in access to health care, education, employment and housing.
United Nations, regional and national human rights bodies have identified critical gaps in the implementation of international standards to address these and related violations, and have issued a plethora of recommendations, including, among them, the repeal of discriminatory legislation and measures to protect LGBT and intersex people from discrimination, violence, torture and ill treatment, and safeguard rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
Increasingly, governments are taking action ⸺ whether in the form of legislation and policy measures or through targeted social and education programmes. At the United Nations Human Rights Council, more than one hundred countries from all regions around the world have voluntarily committed to take measures to end violence and discrimination linked to sexual orientation and gender identity, based on recommendations generated during the first two cycles of the Universal Periodic Review.
However, serious challenges remain. While many countries have taken encouraging steps, in most cases, these efforts have fallen short of the concerted strategy required to tackle violence and discrimination against LGBT and intersex people. Even in countries that have arguably recorded the most progress in respect of the rights of gay men and lesbians, there has been far less attention given to protecting the rights of trans people and only incipient attention to the rights of intersex people.
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Living Free and Equal: What States are doing to tackle violence and
discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. (2016).
Internet: <www.ohchr.org> (adapted).
Considering the ideas and linguistic aspects of the previous text, judge the following item.
The statement made in the last sentence of the text stops short of making a categorical claim that the countries referred to have achieved the greatest progress in protecting the rights of gay men and lesbians.
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A palavra "arguably" (que pode ser traduzida como "discutivelmente", "sem dúvida? não exatamente", "é possível argumentar que") introduz uma qualificação, não uma afirmação categórica. O autor não afirma de forma absoluta que esses países são os que mais progrediram; ele apenas reconhece que se pode argumentar nesse sentido
Portanto, o texto não faz uma afirmação categórica – ele evita a certeza absoluta, deixando margem para interpretação ou debate. O item está correto ao dizer que a afirmação "stops short of making a categorical claim" (não chega a fazer uma afirmação categórica).
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