Right to sexuality
The UDHR provides for non-discrimination in Article 2, which states that:[4] "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty."
In the ICCPR, Article 2 sets out a similar provision for non-discrimination: "Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status."
They are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the twelve northern states of Nigeria, and the southern parts of Somalia.
[9] Examples of violent acts against people of diverse sexual orientation are too numerous to account here, and they occur in all parts of the world.
In the case of Zimbabwe, 18 yr. old Tina Machida was raped multiple times as a lesbian which was organized by her own family in an attempt to "normalize" her from homosexuality.
The right to privacy is a protected freedom under the UDHR,[14] and the ICCPR[15] which reflects the "widespread, if not universal, human need to pursue certain activities within an intimate sphere, free of outside interference.
[17][18][5] The freedom to decide on one's consensual adult relationships, including the gender of that person, without the interference of the State is a fundamental human right.
Gay pride marches, peaceful demonstrations and other events promoting LGBT rights are often banned by State governments.
[22] In 2005, twenty-nine experts undertook the drafting of the Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
On June 17, 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council in a Resolution on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, adopted by a vote of 23 in favor, 19 against, and 3 abstentions, requested the commission of a study to document discriminatory laws and acts of violence against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
[24] The 2011 Resolution was intended to shed light on how international human rights could be used to prevent acts of violence and discrimination against people of diverse sexual orientation.
