Defend LGBT rights in Peru
URGENT ACTION: ASK THE PERUVIAN CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF YOUNG HOMOSEXUALS TO NON-DISCRIMINATION
The Peruvian Congress is debating joining the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth (Spain, 2005) that seeks to promote and safeguard the rights of young people. The Convention also seeks to remedy the inequality that thousands of young people confront for a variety of reasons, including for having a sexual orientation different from heterosexuality. But the Foreign Relations Committee of the Congress of Peru has raised concerns in this respect, and opposes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
ACTION
NUS LGBT joins the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Homosexual Movement of Lima (MHOL) asking that you send e-mails or faxes, urging the Peruvian Congress to ratify the Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Youth without reservations. IGLHRC and NUS have already written to members of the Peruvian government. Feel free to cut and paste our letter as a sample and contact the individuals listed below.
Please send your letter to:
DR. LUIS GONZÁLES POSADA EYZAGUIRRE
President
Congress of the Peruvian Republic
lgonzales@congreso.gob.pe; aestrada@congreso.gob.pe; mmoyano@congreso.gob.pe; ctorres@congreso.gob.pe
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SPOKESPERSONS
Congress of the Peruvian Republic
cgalindo@congreso.gob.pe; oluizar@congreso.gob.pe; lnegreiros@congreso.gob.pe; sfujimori@congreso.gob.pe; cbruce@congreso.gob.pe
DR. ALEJANDRO AGUINAGA RECUENCO
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Congress of Peruvian Republic
aaguinaga@congreso.gob.pe
DR. KARINA BETETA RUBIN
Chairperson of the Committee on Women and Social Development
Congress of Peruvian Republic
kbeteta@congreso.gob.pe
Please also send a copy to:
Movimiento Homosexual de Lima
estafeta@mhol.org.pe
IGLHRC – Programa para América Latina y el Caribe
fdelio@iglhrc.org
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