LGBTQ+ Rights - African Union Watchdog Goes Back On Its Own Word TC_Africa: Africa
Its latest decision rests on three pillars.
It assumes that all three NGOs advocate for the equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer persons, without explaining how they do this. It argues that because sexual orientation is not a right expressly provided for in the African human rights charter, these NGOs lack a basis to exist.
The commission holds the view that the NGOs' work of advancing equal rights and dignity for all, irrespective of sexual orientation, is against African values.In my view the commission is on shaky ground in asserting that the three NGOs pursue a particular LGBTQ+ agenda. A look at the publicly accessible websites of all three casts doubt on this assertion.
In addition, if all NGOs working to advance equality based on sexual orientation were disqualified from observer status, many more would be affected. NGOs may have a particular focus, such as women's rights, but they increasingly work within the reality of intersectionality. People's rights are interrelated and indivisible. Thus, women's rights organisations would inevitably be concerned about the rights of lesbians.
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