World Wide Wave

1 Nov 2013

The United Nations: LGBT people are Born Free and Equal globally

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Charles Radcliffe is the Chief of the Global Issues section at the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in New York.

“We need to start a conversation out there at a country level [on LGBT human rights’] and that’s what Born Free and Equal is about.”

“As long as the law tells people that gay people are essentially second class and second rate and should be treated like criminals, then it’s inviting general society to do the same” says Mr Radcliffe.

“In the end if this campaign can do something positive, I hope that it can begin a conversation and get people talking.”

Anna Brown is the Co-Convenor of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. She attended the UN Human Rights Council in mid-2013 to speak on LGBT rights in this global forum.

Learn more from our podcast or on W3JOY’s United Nations webpage.

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