Norris v Ireland, 13 Eur. H.R. Rep. 186 (1988)
Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights ruling provisions criminalising certain same-sex practices between consenting adult men in private was in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court found that the applicant’s right to privacy had been violated.
Dudgeon v United Kingdom, 4 Eur. H.R. Rep. 149 (1981)
Decision of the European Court of Human Rights holding that laws prohibiting same-sex acts between consenting adult males constituted a violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Wolfenden Report, ‘Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Great Britain’
A landmark report published in 1957 paving the way for decriminalisation of same-sex activity in England and Wales in 1967.