title: U.N. Committee holds that  Colombia failed to protect right  to benefits for same sex couple.
abstract: On May 14 2007, the U.N. Committee of Human Rights found that Colombia breached equality provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) when it rejected a pension transfer to a member of a same sex couple. The Committee stated that the refusal to grant X his same sex partner's pension amounts to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, which is prohibited under Article 26 of the ICCPR.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Utyasheva
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010415:Pensions; D014481:United States