repost from http://www.state.gov Special Assistant Elizabeth Drew, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Washington, DC, October 1, 2010 Thank you. It’s an honor to…
Read moreWarsaw, Poland, October 6, 2010 – During a discussion of efforts to combat hate crimes and promote tolerance and non-discrimination at an international human rights conference…
Read moreDeputy Assistant Secretary Baer and High Commissioner Pillay engage in High Level Panel on LGBT Rights Repost from the United State Mission to the United Nations and other…
Read moreBy Julie Dorf, Senior Advisor The best part of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s livid reaction to the U.S. report to the United Nations on our country’s human rights…
Read moreAugust 23, 2010 – Today the United States released its self-evaluating Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council outlining human rights conditions in…
Read moreFrom The Advocate September 2010 By Jon Barrett When news of Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill broke last year, there was a sense of—in my head at least—There…
Read moreTHE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 19, 2010 Statement by the President on UN Accreditation of the ILGHRC I welcome this…
Read moreRosemary A. DiCarlo Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY July 19, 2010 AS DELIVERED Mr. President, for over 20…
Read morerepost from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) A victory against homophobic silencing of civil society 07/19/2010 For Immediate Release Press Contacts: Sara Perle, New…
Read moreJuly 15, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Steve Ralls (202) 347-7007 / sralls (at) imeqactionfund.org WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of organizations and leaders from the lesbian, gay,…
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