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23 Hum. Rts. Defender 10 (2014)
Visual Scholarship: Translating Human Rights from the Literal to the Visual

handle is hein.journals/hurighdef23 and id is 84 raw text is: In late September this year, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a long-awaited second resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, which called for bi-annual reporting on human rights abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. IThe resolution (A/ HRC/27/L.27/Rev.1) followed the adoption in June 2011 of the UN's first resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity which expressed grave concern at the violence and discrimination against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. It resulted in the first official UN report on the issue by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, a formal debate on by the Human Rights Council on the report's findings and the launch last year by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, of a campaign designed to raise awareness of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination and the need to promote greater respect for the rights of LGBTI people around the world. LGBTI rights are human rights: dispelling myths and stigmas The recognition by the UN Human Rights Council that LGBTI rights are human rights, and should be part of (its) routine work2 set the backdrop for the launch in Canberra in September of Sogi's Story, an educational resource developed by the Australian Human Rights Centre to promote LGBTI rights in African countries, particularly where homosexuality is criminalised. Earlier this year, in response to the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act a number of countries openly condemned the law while others acted swiftly to withdraw foreign aid, and the World Bank suspended a $90 million loan to Uganda. The punitive Ugandan legislation however received broad support among Ugandans and the statute's author said that cuts in foreign aid were worth it to protect Ugandan values.' In many African countries, this so-called protection of values has lead to the enactment of laws that severely restrict and criminalise any manifestation of LGBTI life. Inequality and violence from death by stoning, public beatings to corrective rape of lesbians is either permitted by law or condoned by state inaction. While LGBTI activists and advocates have welcomed the symbolic support underlying the withdrawal of foreign aid, others have cautioned against widespread cuts. They argue that a more strategic approach for would be to increase financial and technical support for African human rights institutions.' Such directed support could potentially strengthen regional human rights courts and national commissions and facilitate the provision of innovative tools and resources to embolden LGBTI rights and activism through education and training - providing accessible Human Rights Defender - Volume 23 - Issue 3 - November 2014 Page 10

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