Erstmals Sexworker-Menschenrechte anerkannt
von Seiten der US-Regierung (Außenministerium)
im Bericht für den UN-Menschenrechtsrat in Genf:
SEXUAL FREEDOM AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT
WE MADE HISTORY!
Woodhull is pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, the U.S. Federal Government has officially condemned violence and discrimination against sex workers!
We were part of an unprecedented advocacy collaboration between sex worker and sex workers rights groups, human rights advocates, academic researchers and family members of sex workers who came together in an unprecedented advocacy collaboration, now known as "Human Rights For All: Concerned Advocates for the Rights of Sex Workers and People in the Sex Trade" (HRA).
HRA urged the U.S. State Department and other policy makers to accept Recommendation 86, part of the report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which called on the US to look into the special vulnerability of sex workers to violence and human rights abuses.
Yesterday the U.S. fully accepted UPR recommendation #86, and in doing so made history. In the report released to the United Nations, the U.S. states "We agree that no one should face violence or discrimination in access to public services based on sexual orientation or their status as a person in prostitution, as recommendation [#86] suggests".
"As the first organization to ever get the issue of sexual freedom as a fundamental human right "on the table" at the United Nations meeting in Geneva earlier this year, we are especially happy to note that the Obama administration is taking human rights abuses against sex workers seriously, and is willing to stand up for what is right.",
said Woodhull's Human Rights Program Director, RJ Thompson.
RJ helped set the stage for this effort, working with this coalition as part of our efforts in Geneva at the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. RJ continues,
"It is significant to note that this is the first time the United States has accepted that sex workers' rights are a different issue from human trafficking victims and that sex workers' rights are human rights."
Sex Worker Rights ARE Human Rights, and Woodhull is proud to be part of this historic effort and will continue to work with this coalition to take ensure that steps are taken to actually improve the daily lives of sex workers.
Woodhull's mission and vision is of a world where sexual freedom matters, and this is one concrete example of how that happens!
Efforts like this can't happen without your support, so please, take just a moment to make a donation right now, today!
Woodhull
www.woodhullFoundation.org
Washington DC
HRA
www.humanRightsforAll.info
Policy Brief
www.humanRightsforAll.info/uploads/Poli ... _FINAL.pdf
Media Kit
www.humanrightsforall.info/uploads/UPR_Media_Kit.pdf (5 MB)
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BREAKING: U.S. ACKNOWLEDGES HUMAN RIGHTS NEEDS OF SEX WORKERS
At UN, US Says No one Should Face Discrimination For Public Services, Including Sex Workers
March 9th, 2011- According to their statement in response to the UN’s human rights evaluation, the US agrees that “…no one should face violence or discrimination in access to public services based on sexual orientation or their status as a person in prostitution.” This marks a rare occasion in which the US is addressing the needs of sex workers as a distinct issue separate from human trafficking. Sex workers have unique needs that aren’t adequately addressed by federal trafficking policy. Sex workers are hopeful that this will present a new opportunity to work with anti-trafficking efforts to address mutual human rights concerns.
"People in the sex trade have been marginalized and stigmatized when seeking public services, including through law enforcement. This is a big step forward to acknowledging sex workers’ human rights."Kelli Dorsey, Executive Director of Different Avenues said.
Over the past year sex workers and their families, sex workers’ rights groups, human rights advocates, and academic researchers have engaged in an unprecedented advocacy collaboration. “It has been crucial to bring together the perspectives of a wide range of communities including immigrant and LGBT groups in order to illustrate the depth of human rights violations experienced by sex workers in the United States,” says Penelope Saunders, Coordinator of the Best Practices Policy Project, who worked with the Desiree Alliance to send a shadow report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). These initial efforts resulted in Recommendation 86 and the formation of a group called Human Rights For All: Concerned Advocates for the Rights of Sex Workers and People in the Sex Trade (HRA).
HRA had support from more than 125 organizations in urging law makers to accept Recommendation #86, part of the report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which called on the US to look into the special vulnerability of sex workers to violence and human rights abuses. “We were long overdue for the United States to take the needs of sex workers seriously, particularly the need to stem violence and discrimination,” says attorney Sienna Baskin, Co-Director of Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center in New York.
"Human beings cannot be excluded from accesible services because they work in economies outside of society's accepted norms,” explains Cristine Sardina, co-director, Desiree Alliance. “The fact that the U.S. has acknowledged the recommendation in full speaks to the current administration's willingness to recognize the abuses sex workers have been subjected to for too long. We look forward to working with this administration".
Sex workers say the issues they face are complex and more work will have to be done to protect against human rights abuses. “Sex workers who are transgender or people of color face the most violence and it's important that we continue to realize and work towards ending that, this is a good first step.” Said Tara Sawyer, who sits on the Board of Directors of the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA.
On Friday March 18th Sex Workers will stage demonstrations in cities across the country to celebrate adoption of Recommendation #86. “The U.S. has finally acknowledged that sex workers face issues separate from those of human trafficking victms,” said Natalie Brewster Nguyen, an artist and member of the Sex Workers Outreach Project of Tucson who is organizing the demonstrations on the 18th, ”Now we need to demand that steps be taken to address the issues that will actually improve the daily lives of sex workers.”
www.StJamesInfirmary.org/?p=1510 (explaining the full process)
www.urbanJustice.org
Kampagnenvideo
Campaign video clip
(1Min):
www.vimeo.com/20780391
Aufruf zur Demo und Liste aller Organisationen und Einzelpersonen
Allert for action and list of supporters:
www.swopUSA.org/upr
Anhörung der USA vor dem UN-Menschenrechtsrat in Genf am 18. März 2011
U.S. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at UN-HRC Geneva, March 18, 2011
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was established by the UN General Assembly in 2006 as a process through which the human rights records of the United Nations’ 192 Member States could be reviewed and assessed.
This review, conducted through the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), is based upon human rights obligations and commitments expressed in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights instruments to which the State is party, etc.
The United States is a strong supporter of the UPR process, which provides a unique avenue for the global community to discuss human rights around the world.
Individual countries are slated for review every four years, with the United States scheduled for its review in 2010-2011.
UPR sessions take place at the HRC in Geneva, and are framed by reports submitted by national governments.The United States submitted its report to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on August 20, 2010.
www.state.gov/g/drl/upr/index.htm
Report of the United States of America, March 10, 2011
U.S. Response to UN Human Rights Council Working Group Report
Submitted to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
In Conjunction with the Universal Periodic Review
Response to the U.N. Human Rights Council Working Group Report:
www.state.gov/g/drl/upr/157986.htm (Siehe/Cf.: 5. 86. Recommendation)
www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/upr/pages/uprmain.aspx UPR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nat ... ts_Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nat ... dic_Review
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN-Menschenrechtsrat
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UN Schattenberichte von www.sexworker.at
UN shadow reports from sexworker.at:
www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/dload.php?actio ... file_id=54 Austria Österreich UN'CAT10
www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/dload.php?actio ... file_id=62 Germany Deutschland UN'CESCR
Sexworker und Menschenrechte
Sex Worker and Human Rights
www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3754
Überblick UN Verfahren und intl. Verträge:
www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=18187#18187
Link zu diesem Posting
www.sexworker.at/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1363&start=178
