On the event of Worldwide Youth Day on August 12, SASOD Guyana calls consideration to the significance of safeguarding the rights of all younger folks in Guyana, and the Americas area, together with their rights to life, bodily autonomy and secure working environments in each business.
On July 11, 2024, within the early hours of the morning, Coil Bottle – a 27-year previous transgender intercourse employee whose given identify is Shawn Simon Hooper – was executed in downtown Georgetown. At present, two of the alleged perpetrators have been charged and are earlier than the courts. Regardless of this, there may be mentioned to be no less than a 3rd perpetrator allegedly concerned within the killing who’s but to be arrested and charged, whereas the motive behind the stunning homicide stays unclear.
It’s important {that a} full and complete investigation is carried out by the Guyana Police Power, that the prosecution of this case is skilled and sound, and that the judicial course of is free from bias and prejudice. Whereas there have been many documented circumstances of violence towards younger sexual and gender minorities in Guyana over the previous decade, this can be a uncommon case wherein the alleged perpetrators have been clearly recognized. If justice is just not correctly administered on this case, this might encourage extra unhealthy actors to commit related crimes towards marginalised youth, together with LGBTIQ+ youth and younger intercourse staff, in Guyana. Justice should function a deterrent to stop acts of focused violence towards marginalised youth and different weak teams in Guyana.
SASOD Guyana additionally takes this chance to applaud the Organisation of American States (OAS) for the creation of the position of Commissioner for the Rights of Intercourse Employees and the appointment of Gloria Angélica Careaga Peréz on August 6, 2024. This groundbreaking transfer highlights the dedication of the OAS to defending the rights of intercourse staff throughout the Americas area. Gloria Careaga is a social psychologist, LGBTIQA+ activist and feminist advocate from Mexico. On her appointment, she emphasised that “intercourse work is a job that may be recognised as being as worthy as some other and this should be our job.” SASOD Guyana will have interaction Commissioner Peréz in her mandate to gather and report data to the state of affairs of the rights of intercourse staff, and submit suggestions to the OAS Secretary Common to deal with these findings.
