According to a piece in the Wall St. Journal today:
Following a meeting in
Washington, the statement of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting Chair
said: “The ministers reaffirmed that human rights and fundamental
freedoms are the birthright of all individuals, male and female,
including lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals. These
individuals often face death, violence, harassment and discrimination
because of their sexual orientation in many countries around the world.”
The document came with a footnote saying “the Russian Federation disassociates itself from this language given the absence of any explicit definition or provision relating to such a group or such persons as separate rights holders under international human rights law.”
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday that “under the pretext of protecting the so-called sexual minorities, in effect there’s aggressive propaganda and the imposition of certain behavior and values that may insult the majority of the society.”
He added that the international law has no separate norms for the protection of people according to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The document came with a footnote saying “the Russian Federation disassociates itself from this language given the absence of any explicit definition or provision relating to such a group or such persons as separate rights holders under international human rights law.”
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday that “under the pretext of protecting the so-called sexual minorities, in effect there’s aggressive propaganda and the imposition of certain behavior and values that may insult the majority of the society.”
He added that the international law has no separate norms for the protection of people according to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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