UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE URGES UGANDA TO SCRAP ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL

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From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: 27 Dec 2013 13:00:01 -0500
Subject: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE URGES UGANDA TO SCRAP ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE URGES UGANDA TO SCRAP ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY
BILLNew York, Dec 27 2013 1:00PMThe United Nations human rights
office today called on the President of Uganda to refrain from signing
the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, and urged the country to ensure
the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people
from violence and discrimination.

"LGBT individuals in Uganda are a vulnerable and marginalised
minority, already facing violence and discrimination. If signed by the
President, this new law would reinforce stigma and prejudice, and
institutionalise discrimination,"
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14147&LangID=E">said
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

If it becomes law, the bill – passed by the Ugandan Parliament on 20
December – would impose sentences of life imprisonment for consensual,
same-sex relationships as well as prison sentences on those who
"promote" homosexuality.

"We call on the President of Uganda to protect human rights and to
refrain from signing this bill into law," said Ms. Shamdasani.

"Uganda should also repeal colonial-era anachronistic provisions of
the Penal Code that criminalise consensual same-sex relationships.
Urgent steps must be taken to ensure effective protection of LGBT
individuals from violence and discrimination."

OHCHR noted that the law would have a detrimental effect not only on
the fundamental rights of LGBT members of Ugandan society but also on
the work of human rights defenders and efforts to address HIV/AIDS in
the country.

The bill's provisions, the Office added, stand in clear violation of
the rights to liberty, privacy, non-discrimination and freedom of
expression, peaceful assembly and association protected by the
Constitution of Uganda, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that Uganda
has ratified, and by the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

"The Government has a legal obligation to prevent discrimination and
cannot withhold basic rights from certain individuals because the
majority disapproves of them," Ms. Shamdasani stated.

"All people, including LGBT individuals, have the same human rights
and are entitled to full protection by the State."

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed for the complete and
universal decriminalization of homosexuality, still a criminal offence
in some 76 countries, stressing that human rights must always trump
cultural attitudes and societal strictures.Dec 27 2013 1:00PM
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