The following submission by United Nations Watch was made to the Human Rights Council and published as an official document of the of the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council.
A/HRC/53/NGO/95: Violations Against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas
Excerpt: United Nations Watch submits the following report for the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. This report documents egregious violations by the Palestinian Authority (“PA”) in the West Bank, and by Hamas in Gaza against the LGBT community, in grave breach of international law including the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) and the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We call on the Human Rights Council and all United Nations stakeholders to stop ignoring these Palestinian victims of Palestinian violations, and to take immediate action to protect them.
