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Action Alert - International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission(IGLHRC)

9/7/2012

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This seemed so important that I am posting it in the blog.  Please take action!

URGENT ACTION ALERT

ACT NOW TO OPPOSE RUSSIAN RESOLUTION ON TRADITIONAL VALUES:
UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT STAKE!
 
(Please feel free to forward this Action Alert to others)
 
What’s up?
 
*  At the current session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Russia has tabled a resolution seeking to promote “traditional values” as a basis for human rights. Numerous UN experts have emphasised that traditional values are frequently invoked by States to justify human rights violations, such as family violence, marital rape, forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
 
*  Last year, the Human Rights Council tasked its Advisory Committee to prepare a report on traditional values. Now Russia wants to proceed with a new resolution before the Advisory Committee has even finished its report. Russia’s resolution is therefore premature and procedurally flawed.
 
*  A preliminary report of the Advisory Committee is highly critical of a traditional values approach to human rights, calling traditional values “vague, subjective and unclear” and noting that “those most marginalized and disenfranchised have the most to lose from a traditional values approach to human rights”.
 
*  There is absolutely no recognition in Russia’s draft resolution that many practices inconsistent with human rights derive from traditional values. If this resolution is passed, there is no doubt that Governments in future will use “traditional values” to restrict human rights.
 
*  We feel that this resolution should be strongly opposed and we need your help today to urge your government to vote against the resolution.
 
See the attached backgrounder for more details. Additional information can also be found at:


http://arc-international.net/global-advocacy/human-rights-council/hrc-advisory-committee
http://arc-international.net/global-advocacy/human-rights-council/hrc21/tv-concerns
 
What can I do?
 
* Contact your country’s Foreign Ministry today! Send your Foreign Ministry a copy of the attached backgrounder expressing concerns and write a short cover note calling on your government to oppose the resolution.
 
* Forward this action alert to other supportive NGOs.
 
Is my government a member of the Human Rights Council?
 
It is particularly important that voting members of the Human Rights Council oppose the resolution. A list of Council Members can be found here.  However, all States, whether or not they are Council Members, can participate in negotiations and oppose the text.
 
How do I contact my government?
 

* The most important contact is your government’s Foreign Ministry.  Contact details for the Foreign Ministry of each country can be found at:
http://www.ediplomat.com/dc/foreign_ministries.htm
 
* It is also helpful to send a copy of any correspondence to your country’s Ambassador or mission in Geneva.  A list of Geneva missions is available at: http://tinyurl.com/t2cwt
 
The resolution will be negotiated over the next two to three weeks and the vote is scheduled to take place between September 26 and 28.  Please act today! Thanks for your help to protect and defend basic human rights by opposing this resolution! 


1 Comment
Brian Tofte-Schumacher link
9/16/2012 11:30:17 am

Hi Barbara! Thanks for posting this action alert and for your solidarity with the LGBT community in Russia.

I just wanted to note that Arc International (http://arc-international.net/) is actually the organization sponsoring this action, not IGLHRC.

All the best,
Brian

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