Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Anti-Family Recommendations during South Sudan's UPR in January 2022


South Sudan’s human rights record were examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the Second time on Monday 31, January, 9am-12:30pm CET in a meeting that was live on UN Web TV 

Here is a list of some Anti-Family Recommendations given to South Sudan to boost its human rights situation

113.68      Decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex by repealing article 248 of the Penal Code (Iceland);

113.69       Decriminalize consensual same-sex relations between adults (Italy);

113.70      End the criminalization of sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex (Uruguay);

113.196     Provide age-appropriate sexuality education in all schools by 2025, in line with the commitment made at the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development (Iceland);

113.204    Improve access to health services, particularly in the area of sexual and reproductive health (Luxembourg);

113.33       Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Argentina) (Namibia);

Will  South Sudan accept or Reject them?

The Recommendations are be examined by South Sudan, which is expected to provide responses no later than the fiftieth session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022

This is a call to Action to whoever can intervene for the sake of our children!!!

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