A petition calling for U.S. leaders to protect “gender” in international law has been signed by more than 125,000 people. The petition comes amid concerns that the United Nations will remove “gender” from international policy,” The Christian Post reports.
“In 1998, the world had already settled what ‘gender’ means in international criminal law. The Rome Statute says it plainly: the two sexes, male and female. One hundred and twenty countries signed it,” the petition’s description says. “The draft of this new treaty deleted that definition.”
The language is to be discussed during an October meeting, it notes.
According to the petition, pro-life values, biological realities, and family positions could be criminalized should the new treaty interpret gender issues as “violations of international criminal law.”
“That would set a far-reaching precedent, and it would weaken the credibility of international justice rather than strengthen it,” the petition declares, urging officials to “ensure this Convention cannot be used to criminalize legitimate pro-life and pro-family beliefs, speech, or public policy.”
In 2019 draft articles on the matter, the Commission “decided not to include the definition of ‘gender’ found in article 7, paragraph 3, of the 1998 Rome Statute, thereby allowing the term to be applied for the purposes of the present draft articles based on an evolving understanding as to its meaning.”
“A similar approach of viewing gender as a socially constructed (rather than biological) concept has been taken by various other international authorities and in the jurisprudence of international criminal courts and tribunals,” the draft document noted.
