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Keene officials forward LGBTQIA+ inclusion proposal to human rights committee for next steps
10 Jul 2025 21:12 GMT
… updated to more directly acknowledge sexual orientation and gender identity.
After nearly … referred to the city’s Human Rights Committee for further workshopping of …
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U.N. Human Rights Council Renews LGBT Expert Mandate
10 Jul 2025 15:57 GMT
… global oversight of anti-LGBTQ human rights violations for another three years … .N.’s Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity is tasked … disproportionately criticizing Israel over alleged human rights violations while ignoring abuses by …
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Let human rights be
10 Jul 2025 06:36 GMT
… it consistently monitors and documents human rights conditions across the country.
It … , ethnic conflict, disability rights or sexual orientation, the HRCP seeks to be … and digital formats. Few other human rights organisations in Pakistan maintain operational …
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Ghana abstains from UN Human Rights Council vote on LGBTQ rights
09 Jul 2025 22:41 GMT
… on policy reforms to enhance human rights protections.
Ghana’s abstention … to tackling discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, even as … ongoing internal conflict between international human rights obligations and domestic political …
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Ghana clarifies position on LGBTQI+ vote at UN Human Rights Council
09 Jul 2025 18:49 GMT
… Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC59) on … and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI … and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“ … annually to both the Human Rights Council and the General …
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UN votes to renew LGBTQ+ expert’s mandate just after the US withdrew from Human Rights Council
09 Jul 2025 01:07 GMT
… scholar Graeme Reid, investigates human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ people … nine countries on the Human Rights Council voted to renew … parties have claimed the Human Rights Council has a … Nations independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity in …
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Haiti: Setback for LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean
10 Jul 2025 18:28 GMT
New penal code allows anti-LGBT+ discrimination without penalty
Haiti has adopted a new penal code that strips LGBT+ people of protections against discrimination that they would have enjoyed under the previous draft of the law.
Adoption of the new penal …
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Equal Rights Coalition: An LGBT meeting in Senegal this Friday, focus on the controversial event
11 Jul 2025 12:07 GMT
… United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights office in Dakar, is causing … of discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or … United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights office in Dakar. This international …
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Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal
11 Jul 2025 10:27 GMT
… following information regarding Nepal’s human rights record since its 2021 … investigate torture allegations.
Ratify international human rights instruments including, but not … and harassment in the workplace.
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sex …
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Minority Call Out Government For Abstaining From LGBTQ+ Vote At The UN
11 Jul 2025 06:59 GMT
… of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC59) in … established by the UN Human Rights Council in 2016 through … renewals.
Having rejoined the Human Rights Council in January 2024, … supports individual choice of sexual orientation or gender identity,” the …