EU@UN Statement on Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity at the HRC

Here is the statement from the EU’s Catherine Ashton on “Sexual orientation and gender identity at the UN Human Rights Council.”

Of interest is the aggressive approach EU takes in promoting the agenda abroad using a committee of MEPs and NGOs:

Over the last year, we have raised the same principles with Uganda and Malawi – in Uganda, against a proposed Parliamentary bill further criminalising homosexuality and raising serious human rights issues; and in Malawi, over long prison sentences imposed on a gay couple. We spoke out and made public statements -together with MEPs – particularly those from the inter-group on LGBT issues – and NGOs, we worked behind the scenes with our delegations to argue the case for justice and human rights, with the two respective governments. In this, we succeeded.

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