Excellenci, Distguished guts, I thank the Core Group for s learship workg to end vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex people. As we mark the 75th anniversary of the UN, the world is facg enormo challeng: a global panmic, climate tastrophe and global recsn. We will only fix the issu if we clearly grasp their and differential impacts on people, takg full acunt of their experienc and needs.
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U.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS GENEVA MENU CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT INTERNATNAL TRA HUMANARIAN AFFAIRS U.S. DELEGATN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL NEWS & EVENTS JOB OPPORTUNI CONTACT SEARCH×SEARCH COUNTRY/AREA AFGHANISTANALBANIAALGERIAANGOLAARGENTAARMENIAATRALIAATRIAAZERBAIJANBAHAMASBAHRABANGLASHBARBADOSBELASBELGIUMBELIZEBENBERMUDABOLIVIABOSNIA & HERZEABOTSWANABRAZILBNEIBULGARIABURKA FASOBURMABUNDICABO VERCAMBODIACAMEROONCANADACENTRAL AIN REPUBLICCHADCHILECHACOLOMBIACOMOROSCOSTA RICôTE D’IVOIRECROATIACUBACURAOCYPSCZECH REPUBLICDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGODENMARKDJIBOUTIDOMIN REPUBLICECUADOREGYPTEL SALVADOREQUATORIAL GUEAERREAESTONIAESWATIETHPIAFIJIFLANDFRANCEGABONGEIAGERMANYGHANAGREECEGUATEMALAGUEAU.S. VIRTUAL PRENCE GUEA-BISSGUYANATHE GAMBIAHAIHONDURASHONG KONG AND MAUHUNGARYICELANDINDIAINDONIAIRANIRAQIRELANDISRAELITALYJAMAIJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANKENYAKOREAKOSOVOKUWAKYRGYZ REPUBLICLAOSLATVIALEBANONLOTHOLIBERIALIBYALHUANIALUXEMBOURGMADAGASRMALAWIMALAYSIAMALDIVMALIMALTAMARSHALL ISLANDSMRANIAMRIMEXIMICRONIAMOLDOVAMONGOLIAMONTENEGROMOROCMOZAMBIQUENAMIBIANEPALNETHERLANDSNEW ZEALANDNIRAGUANIGERNIGERIANORTH MACEDONIANORWAYOMANPAKISTANPALPALTIAN TERRORIPANAMAPAPUA NEW GUEAPARAGUAYPEPHILIPPPOLANDPORTUGALQATARREPUBLIC OF CONGOROMANIARSIARWANDASAMOASAN MAROSDI ARABIASENEGALSERBIASIERRA LEONESGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIASOLOMON ISLANDSSOMALIASOUTH AISOUTH SUDANSPASRI LANKASUDANSURAMESWENSWZERLANDSYRIAAMERIN INSTUTE TAIWANTAJIKISTANTANZANIATHAILANDTIMOR-LTETOGOTONGATRIDAD & TOBAGOTUNISIATüRKIYETURKMENISTANUGANDAUKRAEUNED ARAB EMIRATUNED KGDOMUGUAYUZBEKISTANVANUATUVENEZUELAVIETNAMYEMENZAMBIAZIMBABWEU.S. MISSN TO ASEANU.S. MISSN TO THE AIN UNNU.S. MISSN TO THE EUHOLY SEEU.S. MISSN TO THE ICAOU.S. MISSN TO NATOU.S. MISSN TO OSCEU.S. MISSN TO THE OASU.S. MISSN TO THE OECDU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-GENEVAU.S. MISSN TO THE UN-ROMEU.S. MISSN TO THE UNED NATNSU.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS VIENNA LGBT CORE GROUP AT U.N. ON ENDG VLENCE AND DISCRIMATN BY U.S. MISSN GENEVA 7 MINUTE READSEPTEMBER 27, 2013 MISTERIAL DECLARATN ON ENDG VLENCE AND DISCRIMATN AGAST INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY THE FOLLOWG IS A CLARATN ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF THE LGBT CORE GROUP AT THE UNED NATNS FOLLOWG THEIR MEETG. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHGTON, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 1. WE, MISTERS OF ARGENTA, BRAZIL, CROATIA, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, ISRAEL, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY AND UNED STAT, AND THE HIGH REPRENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNN FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURY POLICY – MEMBERS OF THE LGBT CORE GROUP AT THE UNED NATNS – HEREBY CLARE OUR STRONG AND TERMED MMENT TO ELIMATG VLENCE AND DISCRIMATN AGAST DIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY.2. IN SO DOG, WE REAFFIRM OUR NVICTN THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE BIRTHRIGHT OF EVERY HUMAN BEG. THOSE WHO ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) MT ENJOY THE SAME HUMAN RIGHTS AS EVERYONE ELSE. 3. WE WELE THE MANY POSIVE STEPS TAKEN RECENT S TO PROTECT LGBT DIVIDUALS OM HUMAN RIGHTS VLATNS AND AB. SCE 1990, SOME 40 UNTRI HAVE ABOLISHED DISCRIMATORY CRIMAL SANCTNS ED TO PUNISH DIVIDUALS FOR NSENSUAL, ADULT SAME-SEX NDUCT. IN MANY UNTRI, HATE CRIME LAWS AND OTHER MEASUR HAVE BEEN TRODUCED TO BAT HOMOPHOBIC VLENCE, AND ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED TO PROVI EFFECTIVE LEGAL PROTECTN AGAST DISCRIMATN ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY THE WORKPLACE AND OTHER SPHER, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 4. WE ALSO REGNIZE THAT UNTERG DISCRIMATN VOLV CHALLENGG POPULAR PREJUDIC, AND WE WELE EFFORTS BY GOVERNMENTS, NATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS STUTNS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO UNTER HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC ATTUS SOCIETY AT LARGE, CLUDG THROUGH NCERTED PUBLIC TN MPAIGNS. 5. WE ASSERT OUR SUPPORT FOR, AND PAY TRIBUTE TO, LGBT HUMAN RIGHTS FENRS AND OTHERS ADVOTG FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBT PERSONS. THEIR WORK, OFTEN RRIED OUT AT NSIRABLE PERSONAL RISK, PLAYS A CRIL ROLE DOCUMENTG HUMAN RIGHTS VLATNS, PROVIDG SUPPORT TO VICTIMS, AND SENSIZG GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC OPN. 6. WE MEND THE ADOPTN BY THE UNED NATNS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF ROLUTN 17/19 ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY, AND WE WELE THE EFFORTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE HIGH COMMISSNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO RAISE GLOBAL AWARENS OF HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENG FACG LGBT DIVIDUALS, AND TO MOBILIZE SUPPORT FOR MEASUR TO UNTER VLENCE AND DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. 7. NEVERTHELS, WE REMA GRAVELY NCERNED THAT LGBT PERSONS ALL REGNS OF THE WORLD NTUE TO BE VICTIMS OF SER AND WISPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS VLATNS AND AB. 8. A LANDMARK 2011 STUDY BY THE HIGH COMMISSNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH DREW ON ALMOST TWO S WORTH OF WORK BY UNED NATNS HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS, FOUND A EPLY DISTURBG PATTERN OF VLENCE AND DISCRIMATORY LAWS AND PRACTIC AFFECTG DIVIDUALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. 9. IT IS A TRAGEDY THAT, THIS SEND OF THE 21ST CENTURY, NSENSUAL, ADULT, SAME-SEX RELATNS REMA CRIMALIZED FAR TOO MANY UNTRI – EXPOSG LNS OF PEOPLE TO THE RISK OF ARRT AND IMPRISONMENT AND, SOME UNTRI, THE ATH PENALTY. THE LAWS ARE NSISTENT WH STAT’ HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATNS AND MMENTS, CLUDG WH RPECT TO PRIVACY AND EEDOM OM DISCRIMATN. IN ADDN, THEY MAY LEAD TO VLATNS OF THE PROHIBNS AGAST ARBRARY ARRT OR TENTN AND TORTURE, AND SOME S THE RIGHT TO LIFE. 10. IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD – CLUDG OUR OWN – LGBT DIVIDUALS ARE SUBJECTED TO TIMIDATN, PHYSIL ASSLT, AND SEXUAL VLENCE, AND EVEN MURR. DISCRIMATORY TREATMENT IS ALSO WILY REPORTED, HIBG THE ENJOYMENT OF A RANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS – CLUDG THE RIGHTS TO EEDOM OF EXPRSN, ASSOCIATN AND PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY, AND WORK, TN AND ENJOYMENT OF THE HIGHT ATTAABLE STANDARD OF HEALTH. 11. WE ARE FULLY MTED TO TACKLG THE VLATNS AND AB – BOTH AT THE DOMTIC LEVEL, CLUDG THROUGH NTUED ATTENTN TO THE IMPACT OF CURRENT POLICI, AND AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL, CLUDG THROUGH NCERTED ACTN AT THE UNED NATNS. 12. WE REGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF NTUED DIALOGUE BETWEEN AND WH UNTRI NCERNG HOW BT TO PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBT PERSONS, TAKG TO ACUNT REGNAL IATIV. IN THIS NTEXT, WE WELE THE OUTE OF A SERI OF RECENT REGNAL NSULTATNS ON THE TOPIC OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY THAT TOOK PLACE MARCH AND APRIL 2013, AND ENURAGE THE HOLDG OF FURTHER SUCH MEETGS AT REGNAL AND NATNAL LEVELS. 13. KEY TO PROTECTG THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBT DIVIDUALS IS THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATN OF APPLIBLE TERNATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. EXISTG TERNATNAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATI PROVI LEGALLY BDG GUARANTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL – LGBT PEOPLE CLUD. BUT FOR THE GUARANTE TO HAVE MEANG THEY MT BE RPECTED BY GOVERNMENTS, WH WHOM LEGAL RPONSIBILY FOR THE PROTECTN OF HUMAN RIGHTS LI. 14. COGNIZANT OF THE URGENT NEED TO TAKE ACTN, WE THEREFORE LL ON ALL UNED NATNS MEMBER STAT TO REPEAL DISCRIMATORY LAWS, IMPROVE RPONS TO HATE-MOTIVATED VLENCE, AND ENSURE AQUATE AND APPROPRIATE LEGAL PROTECTN OM DISCRIMATN ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY. 15. WE STRONGLY ENURAGE THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSNER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO NTUE S EFFORTS TO CREASE UNRSTANDG OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENG FACG LGBT PEOPLE, ADVOTE FOR LEGAL AND POLICY MEASUR TO MEET THE CHALLENG, AND ASSIST THE UNED NATNS HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS THIS REGARD. 16. WE AGREE WH THE UNED NATNS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ASSSMENT THAT BATG VLENCE AND DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY NSTUT “ONE OF THE GREAT, NEGLECTED HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENG OF OUR TIME”. WE HEREBY M OURSELV TO WORKG TOGETHER WH OTHER STAT AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFER, EER AND FAIRER FOR LGBT PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. READ MORE: HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL U.S. MISSN TO INTERNATNAL ORGANIZATNS GENEVA
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I thank the Core Group for s learship workg to end vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex people. In France, the Government fund temporary hotel acmodatn to protect people nonted wh homophobic vlence, and lnched an app to facilate reportg of homophobic and transphobic vlence. Every trans, gay or lbian youth thrown out of school or driven to leave their job is a lost opportuny to build a more hive society and more productive enomy.
Missn Cultivatg San Mateo County as a welg and safe environment where s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny members n thrive. * lgbt core group *
The LGBT Core Group at the Uned Natns issued a claratn regardg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr cizens of all untri. They also appld hate crime laws, and other laws, that bat homophobic vlence and provi legal protectns the workplace based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The misters regnized the efforts by ernments, human rights stutns and civil society to unter homophobia and transphobia their untri, and offered support for the LGBT human rights fenrs and advot that pursue equal rights for LGBT persons, often at great personal risk.
The goal of the group is to work wh the UN amework on ensurg universal rpect for the human rights and fundamental eedoms of all, specifilly lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) persons, wh a particular foc on protectn om vlence and discrimatn. Several major breakthroughs the promotn of the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people have occurred through Uned Natns mechanisms.