FN’s menneskerettighedsråd fordømmer diskrimination mod homoseksuelle
For første gang er det lykkes – med et snævert flertal – at vedtage en resolution, der fordømmer diskrimination af homoseksuelle. Resolutionen giver også startskuddet en undersøgelse, der skal kortlægge lovgivning, der diskriminerer på baggrund af seksuel orientering og køn. Af de 47 medlemmer af menneskerettighedsrådet stemte 23 for, 19 imod, mens 3 afstod. Resolutionen var fremlagt af Sydafrika med støtte fra bl.a. USA, EU og Brasilien.
Pressemeddelelse fra UN News Centre den 17. juni 2011
The United Nations Human Rights Council today expressed grave
concern at the violence and discrimination experienced by people
because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and called
for a global study to document the suffering they face.
In a resolution adopted narrowly in Geneva, the Council asked
the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to
carry out a study by December that details "discriminatory laws and
practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their
sexual orientation and gender identity, in all regions of the
world."
The resolution calls on the study to also consider "how
international human rights law can be used to end violence and
related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and
gender identity."
Twenty-three countries voted in favour of the resolution, 19
countries voted against, and three others abstained.
A month ago UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
warned that hate crimes against lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and
transgender people were on the rise around the world.
Ms. Pillay stressed that homophobia and transphobia were no
different to sexism, racism or xenophobia.
"But whereas these last forms of prejudice are universally
condemned by governments, homophobia and transphobia are too often
overlooked," she said.
Today's resolution notes that the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights affirms that everyone is equal and entitled to the same
rights and freedoms, regardless of their race, colour, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth or other status.
The text said the Council will convene a future panel discussion
based on the facts contained in the study and have "constructive,
informed and transparent dialogue on the issue of discriminatory
laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based
on their sexual orientation and gender identity."
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