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United Nations
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Well well, I don't know how this makes me feel apart from angry. So much for things getting better.
http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2010/11/un-deletes-gay-reference-from-anti.html
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/11/18/un-deletes-gay-reference-from-anti-execution-measures/
http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2010/11/un-deletes-gay-reference-from-anti.html
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/11/18/un-deletes-gay-reference-from-anti-execution-measures/
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The way it was worded before, it forbid execution of people because they're not straight. The way it's worded now, it forbids execution of people because they're not straight or not white or not muslim etc. It sounds like it includes more cases than it did before and removes none.
For example, in Iran, sexual acts between two adult consenting men can be punishable by death, but it is the act that is punished, not the orientation (so far as I know?).... Remember that Ahmadinejad denies homosexuals even exist in his country!
So changing the wording makes LGBT people invisible and also, makes persecution harder to challenge in an international context.
Not that whether its in or not will make the slighest difference... It's not like Iran or North Korea or dozens of other shitholes are suddenly going to turn round and say look the UN says not to do it so we better not do it
Again, it gives recognition to non-straight people, it challenges invisibility.
Many countries will not listen to the UN, but it can be useful to put pressure on them.
If you take the example of women... Women have a committee recognising gender discrimination, queer people do not and probably will not for some time. Including them in the documents mentioned above is at least a start on achieving something globally.
I am not 100% pro-UN in everything they do, but can see the argument.
No, because they'll just argue that homosexuality is a legitimate reason, not a discriminatory one. It's no coincidence that this amendment was put forward and voted for by all of the world's homophobic hell holes. You don't think the Arab world was concerned about the anti-discrimination law not being inclusive enough, do you?