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Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights that the criminalisation of homosexual acts under Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus violated Article 8 (right to private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

A landmark decision of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the limitations to the right to freedom of expression. The Court held that an injunction restricting providing and receiving information about abortion violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Judgment of the Supreme Court of Kentucky striking down the state sodomy law. The Court held that the statute violated the protection of privacy and equal protection under the Kentucky Constitution.

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.

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.

A landmark report published in 1957 paving the way for decriminalisation of same-sex activity in England and Wales in 1967.