One step closer to justice: Inter-American human rights body to examine Jamaica’s homophobic laws
Regional human rights body rules that a challenge to Jamaica's anti-buggery laws is admissible.
Major victory for human rights as India’s Supreme Court scraps law criminalising LGBT people
Ruling in second most populous country on earth means that one fifth of all LGBT people globally are no longer subject to criminalisation.
Major court victory in Lebanon: consensual same-sex intimacy not a crime
Court of Criminal Appeal finds that consensual same-sex intimacy is a fundamental right and cannot be considered ‘unnatural.’
New Equality & Justice Alliance To Lead £5.6 Million Commonwealth Programme To Reform Discriminatory Laws
The Human Dignity Trust is co-founder of new consortium to build fairer, more equal and more inclusive Commonwealth societies.
Trinidad and Tobago judge rules homophobic laws unconstitutional
High Court finds that the sections of the Sexual Offences Act that criminalise consensual same-sex activity between adults are unconstitutional.
Kenya Appeal Court rules forced medical examinations unlawful
In a significant win for human rights in Kenya, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the use of forced anal examinations by the state is unlawful.
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