Human Rights Council

A call to build on #YPplus10 to advance a global understanding of violations affecting persons on grounds of #SOGIESC

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Kim Vance has delivered a statement during #HRC38. “We call upon all States which continue to criminalize gender identity and expression and sexual orientation to remove these colonial era laws throughout the Commonwealth, La Francophonie and elsewhere. They have no place in independent sovereign nations and, as you point out in your report, constitute a violation of international law.”

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The Intersection of Death Penalty with LGBTI Rights at HRC36

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The appointment of the first Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council marked an important milestone in the LGBTI struggle. However, the distance yet to be travelled was brought home in a stark fashion in the 36th session of the Human Rights Council in the debate around the death penalty. Read this article by Arvind Narrain.

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HRC36 Resolution on Death Penalty

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The Human Rights Council passed a resolution that among other issues, condemns the imposition of the death penalty for consensual

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UK should apologize for colonial laws criminalizing same sex desire

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It is integral that the UK apologize for the colonial laws criminalizing same sex desire and the logic of ‘pardon’ for British homosexuals should be extended to the logic of ‘apology’ to same sex desiring people in the ex-British colonies whose lives have been blighted by these laws.

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We urge India to protect the rights of its LGBT citizens

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In a statement delivered during HRC36, ARC International urged India to take all necessary action to protect the rights of its LGBT citizens including the repeal of Section 377 and full compliance with the Supreme Court decision in NALSA v. Union of India.

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