Tag: UN
OutRight Honours LGBTIQ Human Rights Defenders at United Nations
OutRight Action International honoured Caleb Orozco, the man who successfully challenged Belize’s sodomy law and won, with the Felipa De Sousa Award at the organisation’s annual gala, a Celebration of Courage.
Tunisia: Doctors Oppose ‘Anal Test’ for Homosexuality
The National Council of the Medical Order in Tunisia issued a statement on April 3, 2017, calling for doctors to cease conducting forced anal and genital examinations, Human Rights Watch said today. The move is an important step toward ending degrading, discriminatory, and unscientific “testing” for evidence of homosexual conduct.
U.S Sends Group Rejecting Rights to UN Women’s Commission
In recent years, the United States has played a significant role protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, both domestically and internationally, consistent with the universality of human rights as inclusive and indivisible.
U.S Government Appoints Hate Group Representatives to Annual Women’s Rights Meeting at United Nations
On Monday, 13 March, the United States Department of State announced that its official delegation to the 61st annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) includes representatives of two organisations known to oppose the UN human rights system, LGBTIQ rights, and women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights: the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM) and the Heritage Foundation.
Rights Organizations Call for No Borders on Gender Justice
Today, as the United Nations begins its annual gathering on women’s rights, a coalition of international women’s, LGBTQ, and immigrant justice organisations have launched a joint initiative called: No Borders on Gender Justice.
South Korea Backslides on Sex Education
Education ministry officials in Seoul said this week that South Korea’s new national sex education curriculum, due to roll out in March, will not mention homosexuality.