OPINION

Anti-LGBT laws must be eradicated

News, Ban Ki-Moon, Published on 17/12/2012

» I am a great champion of the power of youth to change the world, but this week I celebrate a 64-year old responsible for ushering in momentous progress. Not a person, but a document that was born in December 1948 and forever altered the view of how we treat members of our human family. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights triggered a fundamental shift in global thinking by affirming that all human beings _ not some, not most, but all _ are born free and equal in dignity and rights.