UN resolution against gender bias traced to Yogyakarta Principles

January 05, 2009

A new proposal introduced by the French delegation at the UN, backing a ban on discrimination based on "sexual orientation and gender identity," can be traced to the Yogyakarta Principles of 2006, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) reports. An early draft of the UN resolution actually cited the Yogyakarta document, which puts forward the position that sexual orientation and gender identity are matters of pure personal choice, and every such choice deserves equal protection.

 

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Further information:

• French UN “Sexual Orientation” Push Linked to Radical Yogyakarta Principles (C-Fam Friday Fax)