Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster is heading the parliamentary committee that will be spearheading national consultations on proposals by the United Nations Human Rights Council for the country to abolish the death penalty, corporal punishment and decriminalise consensual same sex relations and discrimination against Lesbians, Gays, Bi-Sexual and Trans-gender (LGBT) persons.
Webster was elected Chairperson of the Special Select Committee on Guyana’s Commitment to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council on Wednesday, a release from Parliament Office said.
Speaker of the Assembly Raphael Trotman convened meetings of
