Thread by @YPinfo101

1. We congratulate law firms who have left Stonewall but we are not surprised to learn that some have doubled downed on their position. The global capture that is taking place within the legal industry is in part due to the capture of the International Bar Association(IBA).

2. rollonfriday.com/news-content/e…

3. In 2016 the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute(IBAHRI) produced a report with ARC and ILGA in support of the YP. (Helena Kennedy was Co-Chair of the IBAHRI in 2016).

*more on the UPR later . .

ilga.org/downloads/SOGI…

4. Many law firms in the UK and of course around the world are members of the IBA.

vimeo.com/194684014

5. The 2018 the IBAHRI together with ILGA and the Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada issued a statement to the UN Human Rights Council promoting the YP and YP+10 to Member States across the world.

lrwc.org/wp-content/upl…

6. It is shocking that an institution who promote 'global legal standards' can also be advocates of ending the registration of Sex in legal documents such as birth certificates (Principle 31 YP+10).
yogyakartaprinciples.org/principle-31-y…

7. We are also concerned that the Scottish Government has appointed Helena Kennedy - current Director of the IBAHRI as Chair of The Working Group on Misogyny and Criminal Justice.

ibanet.org/heads-of-depar…

8. We do not have confidence that someone who recommends the global implementation of extreme ideas (Principle 31 YP+10) can be trusted to protect women's sex-based rights and human rights.
pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politi…

9. Stonewall alongside the IBA continue to seek radical change in our society and across the world. We must RESIST.

Stonewall guidance: "Applicant could 'choose a gender marker other than male or female' or even 'remove gender markers and titles from your systems altogether.' "

10. telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/0…

*In 2018

womensspaceireland.ie/articles/arc-i…