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In 1994, as a member of the Dutch parliament, I proposed to introduce marriage equality legislation. Years of debate ensued, in part because nowhere else in the world had such legislation been introduced.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/11/trouble-tradition">The Trouble with Tradition</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">“Tradition!” proclaims Tevye the milkman, in his foot-stomping opening to the musical Fiddler on the Roof. “Tradition!” Tevye’s invocation rings true—what is more reassuring than the beliefs and practices of the past? Which is why the resolution passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in September 2012 seems, at first blush, so benign. Spearheaded by Russia, it calls for “promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind.”</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/18/ukraine-investigate-attacks-peaceful-protest">Ukraine: Investigate Attacks on Peaceful Protest</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 18, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Ukrainian government should condemn homophobic speech and attacks on a peaceful protest in Kiev on December 8, 2012.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/18/cameroon-court-upholds-unjust-homosexuality-conviction">Cameroon: Court Upholds Unjust ‘Homosexuality’ Conviction</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 18, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A Cameroonian appeals court decision on December 17, 2012, upholding a criminal conviction for homosexuality demonstrates that basic human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are under assault in Cameroon. The court upheld the conviction and three-year prison sentence for Roger Jean-Claude Mbede, a university student charged with homosexuality, and ordered his arrest.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/17/un-ban-ki-moon-condemns-homophobic-laws">UN: Ban Ki-Moon Condemns Homophobic Laws</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 17, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking at a celebration for International Human Rights Day, emphasized that human rights are universal and apply to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people along with everyone else. The event was held on December 11, 2012, at the UN in New York.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/10/russia-reject-homophobic-bill">Russia: Reject Homophobic Bill</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 10, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Russia’s parliament should reject a proposed bill that would violate Russians’ freedom of expression and discriminate against and stigmatize Russia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/05/malaysia-respect-rights-lgbt-people">Malaysia: Respect Rights of LGBT People</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 5, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Malaysian government should end rights-violating and discriminatory government policies that vilify members of Malaysia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (<u>LGBT</u>) community, Human Rights Watch said today in a <u>letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak</u>.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/04/letter-prime-minister-dato-sri-mohammed-najib-bin-tun-abdul-razak-regarding-discrimi">Letter to Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohammed Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak regarding discriminatory LGBT rights policy.</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 4, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/21/un-seminal-vote-gender-identity">UN: Seminal Vote on Gender Identity</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 21, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">An international coalition of organizations dedicated to human rights celebrated yesterday’s historic vote in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly to pass resolution A/C.3/67/L.36 condemning extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The vote reversed the events of 2010 when the same body voted to strip the resolution of reference to “sexual orientation.” The UNGA also expanded upon its commitment to the universality of human rights by including “gender identity” for the first time in the resolution’s history.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news-all/674">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123033039/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123033039/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123033039/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130123033039/https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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