United Nations declaration on homosexuality expected next week
December 10th, 2008
A declaration calling for homosexuality to be decriminalised is expected to be put before the United Nations General Assembly around the middle of December.
The declaration of principle would have no legal status, but would be a symbolic gesture of UN support for LGBT human rights. Currently no international human rights convention explicitly acknowledges the human rights of LGBT people.
The UN decriminalisation declaration will be tabled in the General Assembly with the backing of all 27 member states of the European Union. South Africa and the US are among the many countries that have not indicated their backing.
86 countries in the world currently have a total ban on male homosexuality, and a smaller number also ban sex between women, with penalties ranging from a few years jail to life imprisonment. In at least seven countries or regions of countries the sentence is death.
Today (10 December 2006) is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I suppose support from the UN can only aid the LGBT cause. Crazy that there are 86+ countries that are so backward!
Julie ∼ December 10th, 2008 11:05 pmHello everyone! This is an announcement in support to the EU statement on decriminalisation of homosexuality which will be presented to UN in the very next days.
Many activists around the globe are gathering on a Facebook Global Cause: “Support Decriminalisation of Homosexuality at UN!”
In 10 days we got over 35.000 contacts. We aim at reaching 50.000 by the time the statement will be presented.
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/167395?recruiter_id=9467418
Please join the cause and ask your friend to do the same. This is an open space where many information from different countries are published live. We welcome your contributions
Fabio
Fabio ∼ December 13th, 2008 9:48 pm