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“Despite five decades of progress,
Mr. Madrigal-Borloz presented his
While there,
He said those in the LGBT community, particularly persons of colour, continue to face significant inequality in relation to health, education, employment, and housing, as well as being disproportionately impacted by violence.
Although significant measures have been adopted by the Biden administration to address these challenges, they remain “under a concerted attack.”
‘Negative riptide’
“I am deeply alarmed by a widespread, profoundly negative riptide created by deliberate actions to roll back the human rights of LGBT people at state level,” he said, noting that these include deeply discriminatory measures seeking to
“The evidence shows that, without exception,
Mr. Madrigal-Borloz also met authorities at a detention centre holding asylum seekers and the entry port of San Ysidro in the border with Mexico, expressing concern that LGBT asylum seekers and refugees “
He noted the US had played a central role in the design and adoption of the
‘Thoughtful strategy’
“The Biden-Harris administration has adopted powerful and meaningful actions that are in conformity with international human rights law, reveal a thoughtful strategy created through participative approaches, and provide significant capacity for their implementation. This is exactly the combination of values, knowledge, and muscle that can drive social change.
“In light of a
Special Rapporteurs and independent experts are appointed by the Geneva-based UN
St Kitts and Nevis decriminalizes gay sex
The UN agency working to end the AIDS pandemic,
The landmark decision means that the laws have immediately been struck from the Caribbean islands’ legal code, which remained in place following independence from the United Kingdom in 1983.
The Court upheld the plaintiffs’ claim that Sections 56 and 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act, violated the right to privacy and freedom of expression.
‘Everyone benefits’
“This landmark ruling is an important step forward in ensuring equality and dignity for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in St. Kitts and Nevis and the whole Caribbean,” said Luisa Cabal, UNAIDS Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Today, St. Kitts and Nevis joins a
Laws that punish consensual same sex relations, in addition to contravening the human rights of LGBT people, are a
Such laws simply sustain stigma and discrimination against LGBT people and are barriers to LGBT people seeking and receiving healthcare for fear of being punished or detained.
Decriminalisation saves and changes lives
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