International Index
12/03/2012 Draft Commonwealth Charter - Call for submissions LGBTI rights omitted, no mechanism for human rights enforcement |
29/02/2012 At the UN, Commonwealth chief condemns homophobia Defence of gay rights at the Human Rights Council in Geneva |
05/02/2012 UK should expel the Syrian Ambassador ICC must issue arrest warrant for President Assad |
22/11/2011 UK won’t cut aid over human rights abuses International Development Minister says policy has been misrepresented |
07/11/2011 Commonwealth summit failed LGBTI people No agreement on decriminalisation by government leaders |
01/11/2011 UK: Don’t cut aid over human rights abuses, switch it World’s poorest should not suffer for their government’s tyranny & corruption |
25/10/2011 Breakthrough: Commonwealth chief backs LGBT rights A first by the Secretary General at the Commonwealth People’s Forum |
20/10/11 Australia to urge decriminalisation at Commonwealth summit Eminent Persons Group is also recommending gay law reform |
17/10/2011 FINAL APPEAL: Lobby the Commonwealth on LGBTI rights Sign the petition to put LGBTI rights on Commonwealth agenda |
07/10/11 I'm anti-war, but the Taliban must not triumph in Afghanistan Anti-imperialism cannot be allowed to trump human rights |
12/09/11 Commonwealth summit must address LGBT human rights Call for CHOGM to support decriminalisation of homosexuality |
03/09/2011 URGENT ACTION: Lobby Commonwealth Secretary General Commonwealth leaders must address LGBT human rights |
30/08/2011 Bid to put LGBT rights on Commonwealth agenda UK Foreign Secretary urged to lobby host government, Australia |
08/07/11 Commonwealth must put gay rights on law minister's agenda Call to reconsider proposal for the decriminalisation of homosexuality |
17/05/11 IDAHO 2011 - The Commonwealth colludes with homophobia Shame! 46 of 54 Commonwealth countries outlaw homosexuality |
16/05/2011 Eurovision 2012 - Serious human rights abuses in Azerbaijan Torture, homophobia, political prisoners & restricted freedom of expression |
16/05/2011 Bahrain – Sanctions now against King Al Khalifa's tyranny UN, EU, US & UK must withdraw support from Bahraini regime |
05/05/2011 Female genital mutilation – A crime against humanity 130 million women and girls have been mutilated |
19/11/2010 UN vote against sexual orientation protection is "shameful" Comfort to homophobes, green light to homophobic murder |
30/06/2010 Human Rights Watch apologises to Peter Tatchell “Inappropriate, disparaging, inaccurate, condemnatory and intemperate personal attacks,” acknowledges HRW |
19/05/2010 African homophobia - A legacy of colonialism Western-imposed laws are still wrecking lives |
10/12/2009 A UN Global Index of Human Rights |
26/11/2009 A Commonwealth of homophobes |
19/11/2009 An Open Letter to the Commonwealth Secretary-General |
17/10/2009 Review of the Decade – 2000 to 2009 |
13/10/2009 The global struggle for queer freedom |
| 18/12/2008 66 countries sign UN gay rights statement
US and South Africa refuse, and ally with Russia, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and Belarus |
| 10/12/2008 UN Global Human Rights Index proposed by Greens
New index to measure the human rights record of every country. |
| 21/04/2008 African Success – Gay and straight African heroes honoured
New website highlights African achievers and successes |
| 30/03/2007 African LGBTI smear campaign
OutRage! refutes false, sectarian allegations. |
| 05/01/2006 Selective Justice
If international human rights law is to be credible it needs to be applied against all who violate its precepts, not just the West's favourite demons. |
| 13/10/2004 An Ethical Retreat in the Face of Barbarity
From a talk by human rights activist Peter Tatchell at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature on 12 October 2004. |