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American Psychological Association, Brief for Amici Curiae, Lawrence v. Texas (January 2003)
Brief of the American Psychological Association in support of the claimants in the case Lawrence v. Texas to decriminalise same-sex activity between consenting adults in private across the United States
![Banana v State, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, [2000] 4 LRC 621](https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Banana-v-State-Supreme-Court-of-Zimbabwe-2000.png)
Banana v State, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, [2000] 4 LRC 621
Judgment of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruling that 'gender' does not cover sexual orientation and that criminalising sodomy is constitutional
![Amnesty International v Zambia (2000) AHRLR 325 (ACHPR 1999)](https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Media-Rights-Agenda-and-Others-v-Nigeria.png)
Amnesty International v Zambia (2000) AHRLR 325 (ACHPR 1999)
Decision of the African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights finding violations of the complainant's rights, and stating that limitation clauses of the African Charter should be used with caution.
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Marta Lucía Álvarez Giraldo (Colombia) (“Giralda”), Case 11.656, IACHR, Report No. 71/99 (1999)
Decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ruling in favour of the complainant, a lesbian inmate, declaring that she should be allowed conjugal visits from her same-sex partner, in accordance with her rights protected under the American Convention
![Media Rights Agenda and Others v Nigeria (2000) AHRLR 200 (ACHPR 1998)](https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Media-Rights-Agenda-and-Others-v-Nigeria.png)
Media Rights Agenda and Others v Nigeria (2000) AHRLR 200 (ACHPR 1998)
Decision of the African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights which makes clear that international obligations take precedence over domestic law and warns against undermining the rights of specific individuals or groups.
![National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, [1998] ZACC 15](https://www.humandignitytrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1998/10/NCGLE-v-Minister-of-Justice-South-Africa-1998.png)
National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, [1998] ZACC 15
Judgment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruling that criminalising sodomy is unconstitutional