Zimbabwe rejects calls to incorporate gay rights into Constitution

Zimbabwe has rejected calls by European countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group meeting to embrace homosexuality, but accepted 142 other recommendations that are in line with the national Constitution. Spain and Canada are among nations that recommended that Zimbabwe decriminalises same-sex marriages for consenting adults.

In an interview with The Herald shortly after the meeting last Friday, Emmerson Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe had shot down the recommendation on homosexuality. In his remarks on the adoption of the 142 recommendations, VP Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe was committed to promoting and protecting human rights.

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