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Friday Fax
—December 6, 2012 | Volume 15 Number 52
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Dear Colleague,

Lisa Correnti reports on the good news that the U.S. Senate has rejected the UN Treaty on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Senate Democrats tried to ram the treaty down the throat of the Senate with only a half a day hearing. In the end, arguments about sovereignty, the rights of parents and the right to life won out.

Stefano Gennarini reports on a new guideline on refugees just issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees that places LGBT persons in a protected category. The UN General Assembly would never agree with this, so they have gone their usual sneaky way.

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Austin Ruse
President

U.S. Senate Rejects Controversial Disability Treaty

By Lisa Correnti

WASHINGTON, DC, December 7 (C-FAM) The United States Senate voted this week against ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The 61-38 vote failed to garner the two-thirds majority necessary for ratification due to serious concerns that it would undermine sovereignty and parental rights, and be interpreted to advance abortion.

"For decades, the United States has been the global leader and champion for persons with disabilities....This convention will do nothing to improve the rights of Americans in the United States," said Senator Jim DeMint who helped lead opposition within the senate. Read More

UN Agency for Refugees Firmly in Grasp of LGBT Advocates

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

NEW YORK, December 7 (C-FAM) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued new comprehensive guidelines on asylum claims brought by lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) persons, with the understanding that persons persecuted for their sexual orientation and gender identity must be granted asylum in refugee status determinations.

Despite continuing disagreement within the United Nations over recognizing "sexual orientation and gender identity" as categories in international law, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has included persons who are persecuted because of their sexual orientation and gender identity among those who qualify for refugee status since 2002. Read More
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