Welcome to the United Nations. And yet, Governments have the power to end such ordeals, he said, urging them to eliminate the conception of gender as pathology. Also today, David R.
Wide view of the Human Rights Council during an event on political leadership and legislative reform in ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. In Junethe United Nations Human Rights Council mandated the UN secretary-general to appoint an independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. With more than 70 of the UN member states criminalizing individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, there were many countries that opposed this new mechanism.
Certain UN mechanisms, such as the Human Rights Committee which oversees the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, have specifically affirmed that states should protect people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Other UN mechanisms have been less forthcoming. Our staff partners with local and international groups to undertake research, advocacy and documentation designed to promote sexual rights within the UN system.
France regrets that in too many countries, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI people continue to be victims of harassment, acts of torture, arbitrary arrests, and even murders, in complete impunity. The fight to decriminalize homosexuality is a priority for France. Currently, homosexuality is an offence in over 70 States and punishable by death in five of these. In others, homosexuality and trans-sexuality are regarded as diseases.
International and regional human rights conventions protect all persons regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Unfortunately, homophobic attitudes, failure to protect or investigate hate crimes and other abuses, and insufficient legal protection at the national level often prevent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI persons from fully enjoying their human rights. In recent years, international human rights bodies and civil society have taken definitive steps to raise awareness about the problems facing the LGBTI community and advocate for change.
Yogyakarta Principles An interpretation of international human rights agreements and how they apply. Commission, Comment However, all people have the same human rights regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
It is a historic victory for the human rights of anyone at risk of discrimination and violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, a coalition of human rights groups said today. This resolution builds upon two previous resolutions, adopted by the Council in and We are proud of the international solidarity and the commitment shown by States for equality.
Since its founding inthe United Nations political bodies had not discussed LGBT rights regarding equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity until through the favorable resolution of the Toonen v. Australia case by the UN Human Rights Comiteewhich dictated that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states that laws against homosexuality are a violation of human rights. After that, in Septembersexual orientation became a topic of debate in the negotiations on the Draft of the Beijing Platform for Action [1] [2] at the 4th World Conference on Women.
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The resolution was adopted by a vote of 27 in favor, with 7 voting against and 12 abstentions. Transphobia project, on behalf of 63 human rights groups worldwide. Although the renewal process had to overcome 10 hostile amendments, the core of the resolution in affirming the universal nature of international human rights law stands firm.
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