Petition Urges U.S. Diplomats to Define Gender in UN Convention

A petition organized by the advocacy group CitizenGO has collected over 130,000 signatures, calling on U.S. officials to ensure that international law maintains a biological definition of gender. The petition is addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz, requesting that they advocate for the inclusion of language defining gender as male and female within the developing Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity.

Signatories express concern that current draft articles for the convention omit the definition established in the 1998 Rome Statute, which explicitly links gender to the two biological sexes. Organizers argue that removing this definition could allow for an evolving interpretation of the term, potentially threatening pro-life and pro-family policies. The draft articles suggest that the commission opted to exclude the 1998 definition to allow for a broader understanding of gender as a social construct, consistent with recent trends in international jurisprudence. The petition urges U.S. delegates to restore the original legal certainty to prevent the introduction of undefined concepts into international treaty law.