On December 30, the United States submitted its fourth periodic report to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which…
Read moreToday the US State Department released its response to the recommendations made by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the human rights record of the United States.…
Read moreRead the November 2010 newsletter from the Council for Global Equality. We’ve been busy this fall promoting a U.S. foreign policy inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity.…
Read moreGeneva, 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 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 moreThe 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 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…
Read moreAs posted on HRC Action. April 23, 2010 Earlier this week, HRC, as a member of the Council for Global Equality, submitted a report to the United Nations…
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