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dinsdag 27 juni 2023
WORLD WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL Human Rights Watch News Journal Update - LGBTQ+ victories, Ontario ending immigration detention, and more: Here's what we've been up to this month
Ontario’s government is terminating its immigration detention contract with the federal government, the latest in a slew of provinces to put an end to the abusive practice.
This welcome news comes as Quebec and New Brunswick also confirmed they are terminating immigration detention contracts with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). This follows cancellations by Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
Ryan Thoreson is a specialist in the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Ryan clerked for the Honorable Scott M. Matheson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and was a research fellow at OutRight Action International. He is the author of Transnational LGBT Activism: Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide (University of Minnesota Press, 2014).
Ryan holds a law degree from Yale Law School, a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in government and studies of women, gender, and sexuality from Harvard University.
The news on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights around the world has not been promising. Governments in Poland and Hungary use it as a wedge issue, to shore up their political fortunes, while undermining democratic norms and the rule of law. Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Patriarch Kirill of the Orthodox Church used “traditional values” as partial justification for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while the Duma extended the “gay propaganda” law to all age groups.
Notwithstanding these significant setbacks, there have also been bright spots of progress. It is Pride month, a time to celebrate progress and reflect on positive developments since last year.
The United States government’s failure to adequately regulate private nonprofit hospitals and to provide quality healthcare alternatives undermines access to health care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released earlier this month. The 62-page report, In Sheep’s Clothing: United States’ Poorly Regulated Nonprofit Hospitals Undermine Health Care Access describes how the US government’s lack of guidance and oversight allows privately operated tax-exempt hospitals to spend far less on making healthcare services accessible for people without the means to pay than the massive public subsidies they receive.
In a victory for transgender rights, a federal district judge in Arkansas has permanently blocked the state’s ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender children. The ban, enacted in 2021, was the first in the United States to prohibit gender-affirming care, including interventions to delay the onset of puberty and hormone treatment. The legislation also prohibited gender-affirming surgery, even though these surgeries are exceedingly rare for children. Governor Asa Hutchinson vetoed the legislation, calling it “extreme,” but lawmakers successfully overrode his veto to make it law.
In a significant step toward greater equality, Estonia’s parliament voted earlier this month in favor of new legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, making it the first Baltic country to do so. Under the new legislation, which will come into force on January 1, 2024, same-sex couples will also have the option to adopt children.
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