Tag: Principle 6
UN Member States Maintain Non-Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation in Olympic Truce Resolution
Today, all 193 United Nations Member States adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution maintaining language protecting against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Athletic Stars Call on UN States to Protect Sexual Orientation in Olympic Truce
Today, 17 professional athletes came out against attempts by Egypt and Russia to thwart non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation in the United Nations Olympic Truce Resolution.
Russia and Egypt Attack Sexual Orientation Protections in Olympic Truce at the UN
Over the next two weeks, a decision will be made at the United Nations (UN) on whether governments globally will accept discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.
Arrests of Russian LGBT Activists Mar Day of Sochi Opening Ceremonies
Today in St. Petersburg, Russia, four LGBT-activists, including one pregnant woman, were arrested while trying to display a banner reading “Discrimination is incompatible with the Olympic Movement. Principle 6. Olympic Charter” to support the actions held today all over the world.
Russia: Pressure Escalates on Sochi Corporate Sponsors
Corporate sponsors of the Sochi Winter Olympics should act now to urge Russia to halt the rising tide of discrimination, harassment and threats against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, 40 of the world’s leading human rights and LGBT groups said today, in an unusual joint open letter.