UN publishes first global report and recommendations to tackle gay rights abuses

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UN publishes first global report and recommendations to tackle gay rights abuses


by Stephen Gray | 16 December 2011, 9:29am


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The UN's Human Rights Council has published for the first time a report detailing rights abuses against LGBT people around the world, through violence and discriminatory laws, and a set of recommendations all countries should adopt to protect their citizens.

The document says global governments "have often overlooked violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity" and many enforce laws and practices which infringe human rights.

The report outlines what obligations the world's governments have, and how individuals' rights are currently abused, by criminal violence against LGBT people and by the discriminatory laws and practices adopted by some states.