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[Emoke Greschik]

 UN expert: World religions should defer to the authority of UN experts
*Special rapporteur Ahmad Shaheed concluded that* *laws based in
traditional morality, often religious in nature,** should be repealed *i*f
they conflict with the opinions of human rights scholars and U.N. experts.*

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/un-expert-nations-should-replace-traditional-christianity-with-pro-abortion-lgbt-laws
Fri Mar 6, 2020 - 9:45 am EST

[image: Featured Image] Ahmad Shaheed, U.N. special rapporteur on freedom
of religion or belief. University of Essex / YouTube
By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6, 2020 (C-Fam <https://c-fam.org/>) — *According
to the UN’s special expert on freedom of religion, the fringe views of UN
human rights bodies must take precedence over the mainstream beliefs of
many leading world religions, when it comes to law and policy.*

In his newly-launched <https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1058411> annual
report, Ahmad Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or
Belief, wrote about the intersection of religion and gender equality. He
concluded that laws based in traditional morality, often religious in
nature, should be repealed if they conflict with the opinions of human
rights scholars and UN experts.

“States have an obligation to guarantee to everyone, including women, girls
and LGBT+ people, an equal right to freedom of religion or belief,” he said,
“including by creating an enabling environment where pluralist and
progressive self-understandings can manifest.”

*In order to enable these “self-understandings,” laws criminalizing
abortion or various sexual behaviors would need to be overruled.*

Shaheed noted that laws regarding abortion and homosexual behavior often
arise from the application of religious teachings regarding the sanctity of
life, the family, and sexual morality. While stopping short of directly
calling on major world religions, such as Christianity or Islam, to change
their doctrines, he attempted to differentiate between “patriarchal” and
“gender equal” interpretations of religious teachings. The report cites the
work of scholars who have worked to promote “progressive” reinterpretations
of faith traditions, adding that the source of gender-based violence or
discrimination is not necessarily religions, but, rather, certain
interpretations of them, “which are not protected per se.”

The notion of “LGBT+ rights,” a concept that has only recently entered the
parlance of scholars, and which has no international consensus, much less a
formally accepted definition, is treated by the report as a given. In
contrast, religious traditions, some dating back thousands of years, are
treated as subordinate. The special rapporteur cites “many feminists and
human rights scholars” in arguing that “rules regulating the status of men
and women, including in the appointment of clergy,” are not only religious,
but political, and therefore “are a concern for the State and international
human rights law.”
U.S. Canada World Catholic

Last November, *Shaheed Tweeted
<https://twitter.com/ahmedshaheed/status/1198880566088785921> a quote from
a workshop focusing on gender equality and freedom of religion: “When
access to safe abortion is denied, the right to life, the right to health,
the right to equal human dignity is denied.”*

On Monday, the Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with the
Special Rapporteur, where a joint statement was presented on behalf of
several pro-life and pro-family organizations, including C-Fam, raising
objections to the report’s disregard for the rights of unborn children and
calls to restrict the rights of conscientious objection to abortion by
health care professionals.

The position of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief is
part of the subset of the UN Human Rights Council known as Special
Procedures. As such, he serves in an individual, unpaid, capacity, and his
reports are advisory and nonbinding. Nevertheless, they feed into the UN’s
library of human rights documents that frequently cite each other in
defending interpretations of human rights that are far from gaining
widespread support among UN Member States.

P*revious special rapporteurs, including those whose mandates include
torture, violence against women, and the right to health, have used their
posts to advance pro-abortion positions.*

*Published with permission from C-Fam <https://c-fam.org/>.*
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