Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
5-2017
Abstract
In 2011 South Africa led the UN Human Rights Council to adopt the first-ever UN resolution on sexual orientation. In 2014, South Africa was the only African state to support the follow-up to the 2011 resolution. These actions create the impression that South Africa is strongly committed to the international advancement of sexual orientation rights. However, this article scrutinises South Africa’s actions on sexual orientation rights at the UN for the period 1995–2015 and will demonstrate South Africa’s inconsistency, its frequent failures to support sexual orientation rights internationally, and its various actions against the advancement of these rights. The article sets South Africa’s behaviour on sexual orientation rights against broader questions of the place of human rights in South African foreign policy and South Africa’s international leadership.
Discipline
African Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Politikon
Volume
44
Issue
2
First Page
205
Last Page
230
ISSN
0258-9346
Identifier
10.1080/02589346.2017.1284469
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles
Citation
JORDAAN, Eduard.(2017). South Africa and sexual orientation rights at the United Nations: Batting for both sides. Politikon, 44(2), 205-230.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2079
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Author
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2017.1284469