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UN/Biden Use “Anti-Rights” Label to Punish Critics
Does opposing abortion as a human right make you “anti-rights?” What about opposing gender ideology? To many on the left at the international level, the answer is a resounding yes. And they want to do something about these “anti-rights” groups.
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Mainstream Media Attack on Family Watch International
In the same week, the Wall Street Journal, George Soros, and several other media outlets have accused Mormon grandmother Sharon Slater as a major factor behind the “anti-homosexuality bill” in Uganda.
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In Uganda, LGBT Activists Prioritize S*x over Starvation
A coalition of activists are urging the World Bank to withhold loans from Uganda, one of the poorest countries in the world, over its Anti-Homosexuality Act. This could set up a tension between sex and starvation.
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A Poison Pill in the Right to Development
In October 2023, the Human Rights Council decided to transmit the draft text of a treaty on the right to development to the General Assembly (A/HRC/RES/54/18, OP 17). The purpose of the new treaty is to affirm the sovereignty of developing countries and their right to pursue their economic and social development without interference from former colonial powers.
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Five Problems with the UN Cybercrime Treaty
On August 8, 2024, an ad hoc committee of the General Assembly for the elaboration of a UN cybercrime treaty completed its work by adopting a draft text of the convention. Articles 14, 15, and 16 of the new treaty allow for the creation of simulated and virtual child pornography and sexting, which is child pornography consensually created by consenting minors for private consumption.
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Problems with USAID’s 2024 Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Policy
USAID’s 2024-2034 Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Policy ostensibly outlines a strategy to promote democracy and human rights globally. Ironically, it promises to undermine democracy through programs that promote social engineering, censorship, and interference in internal politics.
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Anti-Rights: The New Censorship Weapon of the Left
In recent years, the label “anti-rights” has been used by UN officials, progressive countries, and organizations to denigrate individuals and organizations who defend traditional social values, including the protection of life in the womb and the family. This Definitions examines how the term emerged, how progressive governments and their surrogates use it, and how it fits into a larger campaign to label social conservatives as a danger to a progressive concept of human rights and to silence them.
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Evidence of Systemic and Unlawful Promotion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by UN Secretariat, Agencies, and other UN Entities
Recent debates on the use of the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” within the United Nations in reference to individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) are often conducted with the assumption that these notions are clearly defined in science and law. International law does not recognize the notion of “sexual orientation and gender identity” (SOGI). There is no binding UN treaty that mentions sexual orientation and gender identity and no UN treaty can be fairly interpreted to include these notions.
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Evidence of Systemic and Unlawful Promotion of Comprehensive Sexuality Education by UN Secretariat, Agencies, and Other UN Entities
At the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, UN member states agreed to provide “age-appropriate sex education” with “appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians.” Since then, the landscape has changed significantly, with a concentrated effort by a group of mostly wealthy Western countries to gain acceptance of “comprehensive sexuality education” (CSE).
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Evidence of Systemic and Unlawful Promotion of Abortion by UN Secretariat, Agencies, and Other UN Entities
UN system abortion advocacy is illegal and cannot give rise to any new obligations that are contrary to what UN member states agreed in 1994 and have reaffirmed ever since.
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Summit of the Future Adopts Agreements to Transform Global Governance
World leaders adopted three agreements to “turbocharge” UN reforms, global digital governance, and climate action at the UN Summit of the Future this week.
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UN Official Warns Against Banning “Conversion Therapy”
The UN special rapporteur on preventing violence against women and girls has taken several stances in stark opposition to many of her peers in the UN human rights system, including her calls to eliminate prostitution and pornography and her skeptical position on gender ideology.
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Russia Holds Firm on Family at Summit of the Future/Outcome Uncertain
Diplomats from Russia said they would “draw the line” at the family in a debate about the impending UN Summit of the Future.
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Malign Influence or Free Speech?
The Biden administration has condemned the government of the Republic of Georgia for adopting a law requiring foreign agents to register with the government during the same week that the Biden Justice Department obtained convictions of four Americans accused of being undisclosed foreign agents under similar U.S. laws.
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UN Abortion Activists Publicly Admit Stealth Plot
Abortion advocates have finally publicly admitted their ongoing plot to impose abortion and sexual rights on the world. It came during a discussion about the upcoming UN Summit of the Future.
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Burundi and Chad Join the Geneva Consensus Declaration
The African governments of Burundi and Chad have joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an international agreement that says countries have a right and duty to defend the family and protect life in the womb.
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New USAID Policy Expands Digital Censorship
The Biden administration is beefing up the U.S. government’s capacity for social control and social engineering around the world.
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UN Committee Says Abortion is a Race Issue
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued a recommendation that that the committee will promote abortion in the name of racial equality.
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CEDAW Committee Orders Poland to Recognize Fundamental Right to Abortion
The UN treaty body that focuses on women’s rights published a report this week accusing Poland of violating women’s rights by restricting abortion. The CEDAW Committee called on Poland to support “the right to abortion as a fundamental right” and adopt standards in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, including “total decriminalization and legalization of abortion.”
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USAID’s Oversight Failures Erode Trust in Foreign Assistance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has lost track of billions in U.S. foreign aid to UN agencies.
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Feminists Groups Criticize UN on Gender Ideology and Surrogacy
Feminist groups have recently written two open letters criticizing UN agencies for their promotion of surrogacy. They have further complained about being called “anti-rights” for opposing gender ideology.
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New S*exual Colonialism in UN Treaty on Development
Western countries added a poison pill to a new binding international treaty on the right to development. The poison pill is related to abortion. The treaty would become the first to include an obligation related to “sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.”
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New UN Cybercrime Treaty Opens Door to Pedophilia and Legalizes Child Sexting
The United Nations General Assembly will adopt a new international treaty against cybercrime that opens the door to depictions of pedophilia and legalizes some forms of child pornography long considered illegal. This initiative of European countries has many traditional countries unhappy.
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OAS Creates New Position on Prostitute Rights
The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced the appointment of a lesbian activist to the newly-created position of OAS Commissioner for the Rights of Sex Workers.
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ANALYSIS: Germany Stirs Sexual Controversy Ahead of Summit of the Future
The German Ambassador to the United Nations added the concept of “sexual and reproductive health and rights” in a UN agreement ahead of the Summit for the Future next month.
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