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Efforts to protect the human rights of intersex people are only at an incipient stage

Dec 11, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

United Nations observance International Human Rights Day, on December 10, 2020. The theme: Human Rights Day 2020 Recover Better Stand up Human Rights, International Human Rights Day should focus more on the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people around the world. In recent years, awareness has grown of the scope and scale of violence and discrimination directed at lesbian, gay bi, trans (LGBT) and intersex people around the world – including killings, torture, arbitrary detention and widespread discrimination in access to health care, education, employment and housing.
However, serious challenges remain, while many Global Unions have taken encouraging steps, in most cases, these efforts are part of the concerted strategy required to tackle violence and discrimination against LGBT and intersex people.
Despite serious human rights violations, efforts to protect the human rights of intersex people are only at an incipient stage, with only a handful of states have adopted protective measures to shield intersex people from violence, ill-treatment and discrimination.
The ultimate goal of the Global Unions Training and Education strategy would be prevention. Public information messages on the unacceptability of not standing up for human rights can serve as an important foundation for building a strong prevention strategy.

Sherwood Clarke
General President
Clerical & Commercial Workers’ Union

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