British High Commissioner to Guyana Simon Bond yesterday said that states have an obligation to ensure that laws guarantee the same rights to everyone regardless of sexuality, while urging movement by the government on promised consultations on anti-discrimination protections.
In feature remarks yesterday on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) and for the launch of the video documentary, “My Wardrobe, My Right” by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and partners, Bond asserted that human rights are universal and cannot be subject to different interpretations of morality. “Sometimes that means governments need to lead their people, not simply to follow public opinion,” he noted.
Speaking at the event, which was held at the Sidewalk Café & Jazz Club on Middle Street, Georgetown, Bond noted that the Government of Guyana had committed at the Universal Periodic Review at the UN in Geneva in May
