Thursday, December 13, 2007

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission: Peru Action

ACTION ALERT: ASK THE PERUVIAN CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF YOUNG HOMOSEXUALS TO NON-DISCRIMINATION

SUMMARY


The Peruvian Congress is debating joining the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth (Spain, 2005) that seeks to promote and safeguard the rights of young people. The Convention also seeks to remedy the inequality that thousands of young people confront for a variety of reasons, including for having a sexual orientation different from heterosexuality. But the Foreign Relations Committee of the Congress of Peru has raised concerns in this respect, and opposes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Read full story and take action here

0 comments: