Editing Right to sexuality (section)

==Background==
Individuals of diverse sexual orientations have been discriminated against historically and continue to be a "vulnerable" group in society today. Forms of discrimination experienced by people of diverse sexual orientations include the denial of the [[right to life]], the [[right to work]] and the [[right to privacy]], non-recognition of personal and family relationships, interference with human [[dignity]], interference with [[security of the person]], violations of the right to be free from [[torture]], discrimination in access to economic, social and cultural rights, including housing, health and education, and pressure to remain silent and invisible.<ref>M O'Flaherty and J Fisher ''Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and International Human Rights Law: Contextualising the Yogyakarta Principles'' (2008) 8 HRLR 207 at 208.</ref>

Seventy-eight countries maintain laws that make same-sex consensual sex between adults a criminal offence, and seven countries (or parts thereof) impose the death penalty for same-sex consensual sex. They are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, Sudan, the twelve northern states of Nigeria, and the southern parts of Somalia.<ref>[http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2012.pdf ''State Sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws criminalising same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults'', The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, edited by Lucas Paoli Itaborahy, May 2012, pages 4 and 13] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611181908/http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2012.pdf |date=June 11, 2012 }}</ref>

The right to sexuality has only relatively recently become the subject of international concern, with the regulation of sexuality traditionally falling within the jurisdiction of the [[nation state]].<ref>[http://www.ichrp.org/files/reports/47/137_web.pdf International Council on Human Rights] ''Sexuality and Human Rights'' (2009) at 21.</ref> Today numerous international [[non-governmental organisations]] and [[intergovernmental organisations]] are engaged in the protection of the rights of people of diverse sexual orientation as it is increasingly recognised that discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is widespread and an unacceptable violation of human rights.