UN Votes To Create Its First LGBT Rights Watchdog

June 30, 2016 23:30

The United Nations Human Rights Council voted Thursday to create the institution's first LGBT rights watchdog. The resolution passed in a vote of 23 to18, with 6 abstentions.

The person appointed to this role will be known as an "independent expert' and the position is charged with monitoring "violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.'

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