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The Supreme Court of Nepal issued a writ of mandamus stating that non-discrimination provisions on the grounds of sexual orientation must be introduced into the Constitution of Nepal. The court stated that all LGBT persons are ‘natural persons’ and that their sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression are all part of natural growing processes. Equal rights, identity and expression must therefore be ensured.

Judgment of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal finding in favour of the claimants who were previously convicted for homosexual buggery

Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights finding violations of the applicant's rights and condemning Poland for banning an LGBT Pride march in Warsaw

Judgment of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal finding that differentiated age-of-consent laws between same-sex and opposite-sex intercourse violate Hong Kong’s Basic Law and Bill of Rights.

Judgment of the High Court of Fiji finding that appellant's human rights were infringed upon, and that criminalisation of same-sex activity between consenting adults is unconstitutional

Judgment of the US Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional a Texas law that prohibited sexual acts between individuals of the same sex.