United Nations Resolution on Extrajudicial Executions: Keep references to sexual orientation and gender identity!
The resolution on extrajudicial executions (EJEs) is likely to come to a vote before the United Nations in New York this month.
For the past 12 years, this resolution has urged States "to investigate promptly and thoroughly all killings, including... all killings committed for any discriminatory reason, including sexual orientation". Apart from Human Rights Council resolution 17/19, it is the only UN resolution with an explicit reference to sexual orientation.
This year the lead sponsor of the resolution, Sweden, has for the first time included a reference to gender identity, underscoring that no-one may be killed because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.