Post-parliamentary Career
In early 2007 Dittrich was appointed Advocacy Director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transsexual Rights Program for Human Rights Watch in New York City.
May 2007 - attended the Moscow Gay Pride which turned into a violent riot. Afterwards Human Rights Watch published a report about a lack of basic human freedoms in Russia which led to parliamentary questions in the Dutch and European Parliaments.
July 2007 - invited to Kathmandu, Nepal, to discuss the upcoming constitutional revision with members of the Nepalese parliament.
September 2007 - visited Brazil and spoke to members of the Brazilian government and parliament about support for LGBT-issues in Brazil's foreign policy.
November 2007 - opened and moderated a meeting at the United Nations in New York on the introduction of the Yogyakarta Principles, a set of human rights that for the first time incorporates sexual orientation and gender identity. The meeting was sponsored by Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Speakers included Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland and former High Commissioner for Human Rights), Ana Cabral (Minister of human rights in the Brazilian government), Frederico Villegas (Head of Human Rights for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina) and Dianela Pi (First secretary of the Uruguayan mission to the UN), and leading lights from UNAIDS and other NGOs.
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