UK Human Rights Watchdog Faces Losing UN Seat Following Transgender Lobbying

The UK’s human rights watchdog may lose its seat at the U.N. Human Rights Council after it was put under review following lobbying by transgender activist groups. Baroness Falkner of Margravine, chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said the watchdog experienced “targeted action” by campaign groups following its advice to the government in April, in which it backed the idea of defining “sex” as biological sex in the UK’s equality law. In an article published on Monday in The Telegraph, the baroness said she’s “disappointed” that the EHRC now faces a special review by the U.N.’s Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), which rates National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) on their compliance with the international standards called the Paris Principles....