Banjul, the Gambia
October 23, 2011
TWO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY (SOGI) RELATED RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE NGO FORUM
Victor Mukasa
The NGO Forum ended on Friday, October 21, 2011. Very powerful deliberations by African human rights defenders on the situation of human rights on the continent and it is clear that Africans are still facing gross human rights violations; not only LGBTI people, to emphasize.
The various resolutions that came out of the various special interest groups that we reported about on October 20 were presented before the Forum on October 21. We are happy to report that the 2 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) specific resolutions were both adopted by the NGO Forum and will be presented to the Commission for adoption. A couple of other groups had resolutions that made mention of SOGI issues and these too were adopted by the Forum.
The 50th session of the ACmHPR starts tomorrow, October 24 till November 7. CAL will be in attendance for the next few days. We will keep you updated.
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