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The United Nations was created to secure international peace and security and to ensure fundamental rights and freedoms for all human beings. But almost seventy years on from its creation, the UN has failed to protect human rights and continues to do so. More time and expertise is devoted to addressing human rights, yet very many violations continue to be perpetrated with impunity.

The United Nations Human Rights Council is tasked with the universal protection and promotion of human rights, and is the UN’s principal human rights body. Yet it is being used by known rights abusers to produce “soft law” that allows them to erode fundamental rights. One of the Council’s biggest failures has been its appalling record on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

The Freedom Rights Project is proud to welcome Dr. Rosa Freedman, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, who will join the founders as a Principal Investigator. Dr. Freedman brings with her significant expertise in international human rights law and intimate knowledge of the workings of the UN Human Rights Council.