UN: Landmark Resolution on Anti-Gay Bias

Email The UN Human Rights Council resolution passed on September 26, 2014, to combat violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is a critically important achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 25 human rights and other groups said today. The new resolution follows a June 2011 resolution by the Human Rights Council that was the first by a UN body on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. (Geneva) – The UN Human Rights Council resolution passed on September 26, 2014, to combat…

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