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The Trump/Pence administration is under fire from LGBT rights organisations after the vote The US is one of 13 countries to have voted against a United Nations resolution condemning the death penalty for having “consensual same-sex relations”. Although the vote condemning the death penalty has been passed, America joined Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in opposing the motion. The Human Rights resolution condemned the imposition of the death penalty as a sanction for specific forms of conduct. It urged States that: “have not yet abolished the death penalty to ensure that it is not imposed as a sanction for specific forms of conduct such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations.” The move marks the first time the Human Rights Council has condemned the death penalty for LGBT people. Ty Cobb, director of HRC Global told PinkNews: “Ambassador Haley has failed the LGBTQ community by not standing up against the barbaric use of the death penalty to punish individuals in same-sex relationships. “While the UN Human Rights Council took this crucially important step, the Trump/Pence administration failed to show leadership on the world stage by not championing this critical measure.” Above: Heather Nauert, State Department Spokesperson. The US State Department has since insisted it voted against the resolution due to “broader concerns”. Heather Nauert, State Department Spokesperson, said: “There was a vote at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, and we have seen a lot of reporting about that, press releases that have criticized the U.S. Government’s vote at the Human Rights Council on the question of the death penalty. “The headlines and much of the reporting that has come out of that has been misleading. “As our representative to the Human Rights Council said on Friday, last Friday, the United States is disappointed to have voted against that resolution. “We voted against that resolution because of broader concerns with the resolution’s approach in condemning the death penalty in all circumstances, and it called for the abolition of the death penalty altogether. “We had hoped for a balanced and inclusive resolution that would better reflect the positions of states that continue to apply the death penalty lawfully, as the United States does. “The United States unequivocally condemns the application of the death penalty for conduct such as homosexuality, blasphemy, adultery, and apostasy. We do not consider such conduct appropriate for criminalization.” PinkNews has launched a petition calling for Donald Trump to “support ending the death penalty for being gay”. You can sign the petition here.
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काठमाडौं । संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको मानव अधिकार परिषदबाट रुस निलम्बित भएको छ । बिहीबार राष्ट्रसंघको महासभामा भएको निर्वाचनमा ९३ मुलुकले रुसलाई मानव अधिकार परिषदबाट हटाउने पक्षमा मतदान गरेका थिए भने २४ मुलुकले यसको विपक्षमा मतदान गरेका थिए । त्यस्तै ५८ मुलुक अनुपस्थित भएका थिए । मानव अधिकार परिषद्बाट कुनै मुलुकलाई हटाउन महासभामा हुने मतदानमा सहभागी मुलुकमध्ये दुई तिहाइ मत आवश्यक पर्छ । यससँगै ४७ सदस्यीय मानव अधिकार परिषदबाट रुस बाहिरिएको छ । यो मतदानपछि राष्ट्रसंघका लागि रुसका सहायक स्थायी प्रतिनिधि जेनाडी कुजमिनले यो कदम ‘नाजायज र राजनीतिक पूर्वाग्रही’ कदम भएको बताए । साथै उनले मानव अधिकार परिषदबाट बाहिरिएको घोषणा समेत गरे । ‘निलम्बित गरेपछि तपाईंले राजीनामा बुझाउन मिल्दैन’, राष्ट्रसंघका लागि युक्रेनका स्थायी प्रतिनिधि सेर्गिभ किस्लित्स्याले भने ।