Far-right politicians, extremists and hate groups that reject abortion, equal marriage and comprehensive sexual education gathered at the UN this month to celebrate the 75 anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Political Network for Values (PNfV), an ultra-conservative platform that connects far-right politicians and activists from Europe, Latin America, US and Africa, met at the UN’s New York headquarters on 16 and 17 November for its fifth biennial Transatlantic Summit. The UN didn’t answer openDemocracy repeated requests for comments about the reasons for hosting this meeting.
Speaking at the event, the leader of Chile’s far-right Republican Party, José Antonio Kast, who chairs PNfV, said the current political moment is much like the period of persecution and intolerance of the two world wars that predated the universal declaration.
