Repost from U.S. Mission to the United Nations U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY June 17, 2011 FOR…
Read moreJune 17, 2011—For the First time, the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva has adopted a resolution expressing concern at acts of violence and discrimination committed against lesbian,…
Read moreThe UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva is likely to vote tomorrow (Friday, June 17) on a formal resolution expressing concern at acts of violence and discrimination committed…
Read morerepost from http://www.state.gov Fact Sheet Washington, DC March 30, 2011 This September will mark the two-year anniversary of U.S. membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council. U.S.…
Read morerepost from the LA Times ‘Human rights are the inalienable right of every person, no matter who they are or who they love,’ Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe says.…
Read moreThe White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 22, 2011 President Obama believes that advancing the human rights of minorities and the marginalized is…
Read morePress Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC March 22, 2011 Today, 85 countries from every region of the world joined together in a historic moment…
Read moreToday the United Nations’ Human Rights Council issued a joint statement titled, “Ending Acts of Violence and Related Human Rights Violations Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,”…
Read moreThis week, the Council for Global Equality, together with Global Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights First, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Immigration Equality submitted a shadow…
Read moreSo much of social justice work occurs in single-issue silos. Even within our own LGBT “single issue,” domestic issues in the United States and the LGBT struggles in…
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