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The Hong Kong Court of Appeal held that disparate age-of-consent laws between same-sex and opposite-sex intercourse violated 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 by the Fijian Penal Code was unconstitutional.

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.

The case concerned the unlawful deportation of prominent political figures from Zambia finding violations of the complainant's rights. In its decision the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights discussed the legitimate use of limitations to the provisions in the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report on the admissibility of a case concerning a lesbian inmate who was refused conjugal visits from her same-sex partner. The Commission declared the case admissible and decided to continue analysing the merits of the case, including the meaning of Article 11 (right to privacy) of the American Convention on Human Rights.

Decision of the African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights concerning legal restrictions on the Nigerian press following the annulment of elections. The Commission makes clear that international obligations take precedence over domestic law and warns against undermining the rights of specific individuals or groups.