Important news from the UN.
Four of the Rapporteurs for the Special Procedures set up under the UN Human Rights procedures have criticised the Bill to outlaw the freedom of association for LGBT people.
The statement has been posted to the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights here.
The Special Procedures covered Human Rights Defenders; Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Violence against women, its causes and consequences, Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
The item also has implications for any country which still criminalises homosexual acts.
The reports of Special Rapporteurs aren't binding on States but are important as part of the overall mechanism of human rights at the UN.
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