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Oct 8 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
1.We welcome the review/investigation into #Mermaids by the @TNLComFund & @ChtyCommission. There is evidence suggesting funding was previously awarded to them based partly on falsehoods relating to the Yogyakarta Principles (YP). #MermaidsInvestigation

yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/…
2. In 2019 a report was produced by TNLCF's Director for Scotland to assist in a review of the decision to award £500K over five years to #Mermaids after concerns were raised. The report claims that YP are legally binding & that all states must comply.
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3. The YP are non-binding as confirmed by the UK Supreme Court. They do not represent 'international best practice'. They promote highly contested ideas such as making sex self ID the law & abolishing references to sex on a newborn child's birth certificate. Image
4. The YP is the wish list of a small but powerful group of individuals. Robert Wintemute, a signatory turned critic of the YP, provided a written submission to the Scottish government who recently published a report relating to proposed legal reform concerning sex self ID. ImageImage
5. Although this report correctly refers to the YP as 'non-binding' it is alarming to see that the radical proposals contained in them are still being supported by the Scot. govt. & their human rights institution. @ForWomenScot @EHRCChair @akuareindorf @SuellaBraverman
6. Evidence suggests recent Trustee of #Mermaids Jacob Breslow is also supportive of the idea of abolishing the registration of sex on birth certificates. In 2019 he Chaired an event at the LSE called "What if the state no longer sexed us". #MermaidsOut

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7. More information on Jacob Breslow can be found here. @ReduxxMag #MermaidsOut

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8. There is evidence of lobbying for the abolition of the registration of sex & there is also evidence of promotion of the "abolition of childhood" in academia. Can we expect further links to arise between the two? @4WPub #MermaidsOut

4w.pub/childhood-stud…
9. In 2016 Jacob Breslow was invited to speak at an event organised by registered charity the British Sociological Association called "What Next for Child Studies? Pushing Boundaries". @ChtyCommission should @britsoci also be under investigation?

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Mar 12
1. National consultations & the UN Universal Periodic Review.

States are not required to hold national consultations for the UPR but many do. Make sure your voices are heard & tell them what you think about the human rights situation in your country.

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2. Our tweet below explains how groups can submit a report & why it is important to take part.

@MariaJBinetti @DeclaracionDDMM @WDIswitzerland @WeAreWomenJapan @amqg_ch

3. Deadline for submissions is around 30th June 2022 for following countries:

Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Pakistan, Zambia, Japan, Ukraine & Sri Lanka.

Groups can also take part in national consultations . .
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Mar 10
1. It's 3 weeks until the submission deadline for the UN Universal Periodic Review for following countries:

Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, Poland, Netherlands & South Africa.

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2. The UPR is a human rights mechanism overseen by the UN Human Rights Council. UN member state's are reviewed on their human rights record in a 4/5 year cyclical process by the UN & other member states.

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3. States issue recommendations to one another, which can be rejected, noted or accepted. Civil Society Organisations(CSO's)/NGO's can participate in several ways including by submitting a report & taking part in national consultations.
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Oct 29, 2021
1. Was the take off of organisational capture in UK around 2015 linked to regional (EU) and international policies?

2. In 2013, Foreign Affairs Council EU drew up the LGBTI Guidelines which were adopted by 27 member states. They refer to international operations of EU member states however they also put pressure on those states to adopt same LGBTI policies nationally.

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3. In the UK the Foreign Secretary belongs to the four Great Offices of State and wields much influence. How much do regional agreements like this affect national policy? Gender identity features prominently and of course the YP are cited.

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Oct 18, 2021
1. #Norway has been instrumental in promoting the YP internationally. Undoubtedly this has encouraged other Nordic states to adopt the YP into their policies/legislation.

yogyakartaprinciples.org/wp-content/upl…
2. #Norway has also been a self admitted 'driving force' in successful lobbying of the #UnitedNations and the #CouncilOfEurope to incorporate the concept of 'gender identity' into their human rights policies/frameworks.

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3. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs produced this guidance in 2013 which relies on the YP.

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Jun 9, 2021
1. We find this talk by Michael O'Flaherty(MOF) disturbing and worrying for many reasons including the outright lies contained in it. We reject the conflation of sex and gender; sexual orientation and gender identity and we oppose the harmful definition of SO contained in the YP.
2. MOF was the Rapporteur responsible for drafting the YP and is currently Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights(FRA). He gave the talk on the YP(at 19mins) at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (a country where self-ID is taking hold).
3. Not only does he bamboozle the audience by conflating sex and gender identity he lies about the contents of the YP. According to MOF the YP "states the law as it is" and they "ask for nothing new". He mentions Principle 3 but fails to declare it calls for SELF-ID to be the law
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Jun 7, 2021
1. More evidence that Helena Kennedy is aware of and supports the global implementation of Principle 31 (YP+10) which calls on States to end the registration of Sex on birth certificates.

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2. Helena Kennedy is Co-Secretary General at ILGA World. In 2019 they produced a report citing the YP and YP+10 as 'soft law' and 'human rights law' in many places throughout the report.
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3. It is worth reading her forward in full and the section on the YP+10. Image
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