g_b New OHCHR booklet on sexual orientation and gender identity
From: Charles Radcliffe Dear all, The United Nations human rights office today releases a new 60-page booklet on sexual orientation and gender identity in international human rights law. The publication, Born Free and Equal, sets out the source and scope of State obligations under international human rights law to protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. Drawing on almost two decades' worth of UN research, guidance and jurisprudence, the booklet focuses on five core areas where State action is urgently required – from protecting people from homophobic violence, to preventing torture, decriminalizing homosexuality, prohibiting discrimination, and safeguarding freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. The publication is available for downlowd (low-res pdf) here: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/BornFreeAndEqualLowRes.pdf. Published initially in English only, additional language versions (Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian and Chinese) will be made vailable in the coming weeks. The release of the booklet is the subject of a webstory (reproduced below) currently running on the frontpage of the OHCHR website (http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/BornFreeAndEqual.aspx). Hoping you will find this a useful advocacy tool in your respective areas of work! Best regards, Charles P.S. For more information on OHCHR's ongoing work in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity, please visit our revamped webpage at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Discrimination/Pages/LGBT.aspx. Links in the top right-hand column will take you directly to relevant outputs (speeches/statements, publications, videos, pamphlets, op-eds, webstories etc.) You will also find links there to the 2011 Human Rights Council resolution (17/19), the High Commissioner's report to the Council, and a summary of the March 2012 panel at the Council. --- Charles Radcliffe Chief, Global Issues Section Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) United Nations (Secretariat Building, S-1305) New York, NY 10017, USA Email: radcli...@un.org Web: http://www.ohchr.org/ Tel: +1 212 963 4953 Born Free and Equal The UN Human Rights Office has released a new publication on sexual orientation and gender identity in international human rights law. It sets out the source and scope of some of the core legal obligations that States have to protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. The 60-page booklet is designed as a tool for States, to help them better understand the nature of their obligations and the steps required to meet them, as well as for civil society activists, human rights defenders and others seeking to hold Governments to account for breaches of international human rights law. In her foreword to the publication, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay writes: “The case for extending the same rights to LGBT persons as those enjoyed by everyone else is neither radical nor complicated. It rests on two fundamental principles that underpin international human rights law: equality and non-discrimination. The opening words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are unequivocal: ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights’.” For almost two decades, human rights treaty bodies and the special rapporteurs and other experts appointed by the Human Rights Council and its predecessor have documented widespread violations of the human rights of LGBT people. Reported violations include killings, rape and physical attacks, torture, arbitrary detention, the denial of rights to assembly, expression and information, and discrimination in employment, health and education and access to goods and services. In each case, the victims involved are targeted either because they are, or are assumed to be, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Oftentimes, the mere perception of homosexuality or transgender identity is enough to put people at risk. The booklet focuses on five core obligations where national action is most urgently needed – from protecting people from homophobic violence, to preventing torture, decriminalizing homosexuality, prohibiting discrimination, and safeguarding freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly for all LGBT people. For each, the basis of the State obligation in international human rights law is explained with reference to the substantial body of decisions, recommendations and guidance issued by United Nations human rights mechanisms. The booklet also includes examples of actions that can be taken at a national level to bring laws, policies and practices into line with applicable international human rights standards. In recent years, many States have made a determined effort to strengthen human
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A woman has sued her local hospital saying that after treating her husband recently he has lost all interest in sex. A hospital spokesman replied – “The man was admitted in Ophthalmology - all we did was correct his eyesight...”
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