UNGA79 3rd Committee Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Statement delivered by Finland on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic countries
28 October 2024, New York
Chair,
I have the honor to speak on behalf of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and my own country Finland. We would like to thank the Special Rapporteur for his latest report.
The Nordic and Baltic states remain firmly committed to preventing and ending extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in all circumstances and ensuring accountability for such violations of international law.
Mr. Special Rapporteur,
As you have pointed out in your report, “for a person to be deemed to have committed an immoral or criminal act, the harm to another should be demonstrable. Merely having non-conforming sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions and sex characteristics cannot, under any circumstances, be regarded as inherently criminal or antisocial and is absolutely never a reason to justify deprivation of life.”
We welcome your decision to focus on investigating and preventing unlawful deaths of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-diverse, intersex, and other LGBTIQ+ persons. It is also well noted that the impact of the failure to actively intervene and protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons extends beyond the victims ‒ to loved ones and communities.
Mr. Special Rapporteur,
What are your key recommendations to justice and security systems to enhance the protection of LGBTIQ+ persons?
Thank you.