GENEVA (2 March 2020) – States should repeal gender discriminatory laws grounded on religious beliefs and must address gender-based violence carried out in the name of religion by non-State actors, said a UN expert in a report presented to the Human Rights Council today. “I firmly reject any claim that religious beliefs can be invoked as a legitimate ‘justification’ for violence or discrimination against women, girls or LGBT+ people. The right to freedom of religion protects individuals and not religions as such,” said Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 02 March 2020. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
