Noticias

At the event which took place at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, took part the Vice-Minister for Political Affairs, Elvi Segovia, the Director of SOMOSGAY, Simon Cazal, the Director of Human Rights, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Diana Vargas and the Commissionaires Juan Sanabria and Alberto Vera, from the Department of Human Rights of the National Police and Dr. Jorge Galeano of the thematic Group UNAIDS.
The signed document has as its aim the disarticulation of attitudes, values and practices that vulnerate the rights of the population and therefore give validity to the articles in the National Constitution and the International Treaties signed and ratified by the Paraguayan Senate; particularly in those that perfectionate the no discrimination by sexual orientation and therefore guarantee the validity of their rights which in several occasions are jeopardised by factors of social exclusion. To coordinate the actions planned in the current agreement it is expected to have an active participation of the National Police, the Office of Human Rights, previewing also the involvement in the execution of the same at the Office of Human Rights of the National Police.
The Vice-Minister of Political Affairs, Elvio Segovia held that, "for the Minister of Internal Affairs, from the opening of this new guvernamental political process that started on August 15 of 2008, it is clear that the safety is very political, universal and must be egalitarian; this implies that the universality of the good of safety must guarantee all citizens and accomplish better conditions to develop accord to their references or orientations".
The Vice-Minister added: "Whichever the reason of discrimination of the human being in this country, and in any part of the world, it must oblige is to restate the proper orientation; in this aspect the National Police is making an institutional effort very important to achieve th proper attention of all citizens"."The Minister of Internal Affairs looks forward to the support and accompaniment of the organizations of the civil society to reach the expectation of the society. To us it is a meaningful event to sign this agreement and we hope to take it to the practice that will allow to really overcome the discrimination for all groups that are vulnerable in terms of rights in our country." he said. On his behalf, Simon Cazal, director to SOMOSGAY, said: "We expect history to play its role and that in a few years we will talk about police officers that protect all citizens, and that the Ministry of Internal Affairs responds to protect the internal safety of the country, in the framework of the universal declaration of Human Rights and that from that point on all of the actions that we take, will happen in a paraguayan society that is less discriminatory and that all paraguayan citizens are happier". It is with this intention that an Agreement of Interinstitutional Cooperation is signed to establish a frame in which viability will be given to both institutions that intent to carry out activities that will allow the consolidation of a democracy that is more participative and the full validity of human rights without distinction based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Specifically in the 2010/2012 period workshops for cadets and police officers will take place in the effects to have a model of work coordinated for the compliance of the objectives of the agreement enabling the execution of coordination activities with other organizations allied to SOMOSGAY.
SOMOSGAY consolidates, with this agreement, its vision as a community organization which aims to defend and promote the freedom of sexual orientation, and specifically, the freedom of sexual orientation to lesbians, gays, transgenders and bisexuals and also to collaborate in the aswer to the HIV pandemic, AIDS and other STI (Sexual Transmission Infections) and to work for the defense of right for people living with HIV/AIDS.