Take Action on an Important LGBT Vote at the United Nations
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice announced on Friday that the U.S. will press for a major UN vote to restore language in a resolution on extrajudicial…
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U.S. will press for a major UN vote to restore language in a resolution on extrajudicial killings
UN, New York, Dec. 10—In a speech at a UN event to mark International Human Rights Day, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice today announced that the U.S. will press…
Read moreU.S. Falls Behind Other Nations on LGBT Issues
Geneva, November 5 – A high-level US government delegation today defended the country’s human rights record before the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva. In preparation…
Read moreU.S. Co-Sponsors High-Level Panel on LGBT Rights at United Nations in Geneva
Deputy 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 moreAn LGBT Response to the State Department’s UPR Report
By 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 moreThe United States Government Submits Its Report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
August 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 moreRemarks by Ambassador Rosemary A. DiCarlo, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, during an Economic and Social Council Debate on the Accreditation of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Rosemary 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 moreUnited Nations Grants Official Status to U.S.-based International LGBT Rights Group
repost 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 moreCouncil for Global Equality Criticized in The Advocate for Airing Domestic Inequities at UN
The August edition of The Advocate, which hit newsstands yesterday, has an article by James Kirchick that criticizes the Council for submitting information to the United Nations for…
Read moreThe International and the Domestic – Where the Worlds Come Together
So 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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