Spain alongside many countries support all aspects of the LGBTQ community. Argentina, Australia Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South africa, Sweden USA, the United Kingdom, Uruguay. Most of these countries support all aspects of LGBTQ life, with positions similar to Spain. However, in 13 countries, being gay or bisexual is punishable by death. These include: Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE, parts of Nigeria, parts of Somalia, Syria, and Iraq. The Majority of Middle Eastern Europe and African nations reject LGBT rights, and are punishable by death, or imprisonment.
The delegation of Spain strongly believes in equality of opportunity but not equality of outcome. This means that we should not provide outcome equality, but rather opportunity equality. For example, there two is a job openings in a local grocer, equal opportunity, in this situation means that all citizens of the LGBTQ movement have the right to apply and try out for this opening. Outcome equality means that one of the two openings is reserved for an member of the LGBTQ community. The delegation of Spain would like to ask the ENHRC which scenario they think is ethically correct, and how, as a community might we implement this idea into a new law, or code of conduct.
The use of gender neutral pronouns such as “they”, “their”, “them” in addition to “ze”, sie, hir, co and ey is a very controversial topic. The contrivery stems from the question of should the LGBTQ persons right of self identity override a person’s right of free speech? For example, if an LGBTQ member asks a co-worker to call them by the pronoun co, does the peer have a legal responsibility to obat their request?
In conclution, spain wishes to promote a treaty that the undersigned will recognise the LGBTQ
