Click to expand Image An activist wears the transgenderprideflag as a counter protest during a rally in favor of a ban on gender-affirming health care legislation at the Missouri Statehouse in Jefferson, US, March 20, 2023. 2023 Charlie Riedel/AP Photo In its review of the United States' record on civil and political rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) condemned a flood of discriminatory state legislation restricting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The United States ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1992. Every four years, the HRC reviews laws and policies in countries that have ratified the treaty to evaluate where they are in compliance with the treaty and where they fall short. The review of the US was postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic, making this the first review of the US in nine years. In advance of the review, released on November 3, the LGBT Rights Program at Hum
In its review of the United States’ record on civil and political rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) condemned a flood of discriminatory state legislation restricting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
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