Secretary Clinton's Speech to the United Nations on LGBT Human Rights. LGBT rights are the wedge issue, but at stake are the basic principles of international human rights law: that human rights are universal, inalienable and indivisible. The legislation brought together existing legislation and added protections for trans workers, solidifying rights granted by the Gender Recognition Act. They emailed me this earlier today: Dear Friend, Everyone should be able to feel proud of who they are and who they love. Today we are making UN history. PH votes yes to landmark UN reso on gay rights. Many more have lawfully banned discrimination against LGBT people. NEW YORK, February 12 (C-Fam) The UN rights office is collecting the names of anyone who opposes the LGBT agenda in any way. Politicians, religious leaders, and organizations from around the world who defend life and family will likely be put on a blacklist by the UN office for human rights. Must-Reads. Some UN bodies have taken the same pro same-sex-marriage stance. In recent months, public attention to the ongoing crackdown on LGBT rights in the Russian Federation and its potential impact on the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February 2014 has increased significantly. SECRETARY CLINTON: Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. Even in countries ostensibly committed to advancing LGBT rights, this norm is now weakening as new governments adopt policies that curtail previous gains. We all have the right to express ourselves freely. The vote failed by a margin of nearly 2:1. Speech by Verhagen at UN on human rights and sexual orientation. Repeatedly in UN bodies and debates, the United States has strongly backed LGBT rights in recent years, as has Britain. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the United States have evolved in recent decades. LGBT rights secured a major bureaucratic victory at the United Nations today when member states overwhelmingly voted down a Russian-backed proposal to curtail benefits afforded to the same-sex spouses of UN staff. UN expert on LGBT rights will proceed to investigate anti-gay violence. 77 countries voted against the bill, and only 44 supported it, while 36 abstained. Even then, mentions have been sporadic and unsubstantial. NoStringsNG November 22, 2016 3:33 pm 3. Speech | 18-12-2008. It is therefore important that the UN human rights bodies explicitly adopt a resolution or similar statement to send the clear message to the international community that LGBT rights are human rights. The LGBT community continues to fight for equality and social acceptance. The Equality Act 2010 gave LGBT employees protections from discrimination, harassment and victimisation at work. I’m signed up to the mailing list of an organisation called ‘AllOut’, which is involved with promoting the international fight for LGBT rights. What is really surprising, though, is that Obama himself is speaking directly to this issue. The UN Security Council has never before had a meeting on LGBT issues. Template:LGBT rights at the UN Metadata Dit bestand bevat metadata met EXIF -informatie, die door een fotocamera, scanner of fotobewerkingsprogramma toegevoegd kan zijn. Comparison of the references to LGBT rights in the General Comments of five UN treaty committees. Here are 10 ways the UN has stepped up to support LGBTQ people in the past decade: In 2011, the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a wide-ranging resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, expressing concern about violence towards LGBTQ people and commissioning the first-ever U.N. study focused on LGBTQ issues. LGBT groups in China are highly attuned to the UPR process. Watch this short infographic video to see how it all came to be and what has happened in LGBT rights since. The Philippines votes 'yes' to a UN Human Rights Council resolution 'expressing grave concern' at violence and discrimination against LGBT persons Constructive, specific UPR recommendations on LGBT rights, and a commitment by the Chinese government to work with LGBT groups, would do much to raise the visibility of the community and push forward important institutional protections, such as inclusive non-discrimination legislation. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which set out for the first time the rights we’re all entitled to) protects everyone’s right to express themselves freely. Pakistan opposes UN discussion on violence against LGBT LGBT rights have “nothing to do with fundamental human rights” Pakistan's UN Ambassador states. Express March 06, 2012 LGBT rights language has made it into UN documents only indirectly, in resolutions addressing matters such as extrajudicial killings and the death penalty, or through un-negotiated and non-binding statements. The first vote was on a non-binding resolution that was aimed at making LGBT rights a universally recognised human right, an attempt that… UN Resolution on LGBT Rights. Although LGBT rights are considered a human rights norm by several UN bodies, powerful blocs within the UN have attempted to halt or delay its formal recognition. Meet Vitit Muntarbhorn, the new UN LGBT rights investigator. The UN, under the leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has been a strong leader on LGBT issues, and I recently had the opportunity to meet with Charles Radcliffe from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss these issues in depth. A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. Hey everyone. It makes it easier for the UN Human Rights Office and other parts of the UN to step up their efforts to promote and protect equal rights for members of the LGBT community.” The LGBT Core Group was launched in part to build upon the Yogyakarta Principles, which were enunciated in 2006 by an independent group of experts in human rights from academia and civil society. The Brazilian resolution: The main UN human rights body has been the UN Commission on Human Rights. An attempt by African countries to delay the appointment of the first-ever UN expert on LGBT rights was defeated on Monday, which means that investigations into anti-gay violence will proceed. Why are LGBTI rights important? UN human rights office prepares global ‘LGBT hate groups’ blacklist UN human rights office prepares global ‘LGBT hate groups’ blacklist News By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. What I said to the United Nations Security Council during its first-ever meeting on LGBT rights. The following year, in a Human Rights Day address to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Dec. 6, 2011, the United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stated that one of the remaining human rights challenges before the world today is guaranteeing the equality and dignity of members of the LGBT community. I want to thank Director General Tokayev and Ms. Wyden along with other ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be here. I would like to thank the French Minister of State for Human Rights, Ms Rama Yade, for co-hosting this event with us and for her inspiring words. On Monday, 21 November, the UN General Assembly voted on two key historic motions regarding LGBT rights worldwide, both carrying major ramifications on how the rights movement is seen worldwide. … And with UN agencies recently appointing thirty new staff persons designated as focal points for LGBT rights, the machinery is in place for even more widespread same-sex-marriage advocacy efforts at the UN. More and more countries now recognise the urgency and are pressing for action at the UN. Not surprisingly, the Obama administration, which has been previously supportive of using the UN as a platform to push for LGBT rights internationally, is touting this as a success. … The report, issued in Geneva by the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), was a response to a June resolution from the world body’s 47-nation Human Rights Council that, for the first time, put the UN on record condemning discrimination and violence against LGBT people. The UN, under the leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has been a strong leader on LGBT issues, and I recently had the opportunity to meet with Charles Radcliffe from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss these issues in depth. In the past 4 years, this has led to the first adopted UN resolution on the issue, the first official UN report, and the first formal intergovernmental debate at the UN Human Rights Council. With Barack Obama coming to the end of his Presidency, it's easy to forget the incredible number of ways the Democrat flipped the conversation on LGBT rights in just eight years. UN Free & Equal, aimed at promoting greater respect for the rights of LGBTI people. o Since its launch, the campaign has generated a stream of videos, fact sheets, macros and other popular content for dissemination on social media – reaching more than 2.44 The senior LGBT coordinator in the US Agency for International Development, Todd Larson, worked in the UN for 20 years and is personally familiar with the anguish many staff members have endured. This Human Rights Day marks the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948. However, LGBT Americans may still face some legal and many social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, particularly in states with large conservative populations, such as in the Deep South; in rural areas; and in some Native American tribal nations. With the United Nations ready to take the cudgels for global LGBT rights, we have to ask: who is Vitit Muntarbhorn, the new independent LGBT rights investigator?.