Tackling LGBT persecution must be a priority for Commonwealth leaders
The Human Dignity Trust calls on the Prime Minister to make decriminalisation a priority for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015.
House of Lords holds first debate on global LGBT persecution
The work of the Human Dignity Trust was widely recognised and cited in the House of Lords’ first ever debate on the global persecution of LGBT people. Peers from across party lines acknowledged the UK’s profound need to do more to tackle the global blight of criminalisation and the persecution it engenders. In her response to the […]
All Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT Rights launches major new inquiry
UK Parliamentarians to launch investigation into the discrimination faced by LGBT people globally.
Mozambique decriminalises same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults
President Armando Guebuza signs new penal code into law.
Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledges the work of the Human Dignity Trust
The government commits to work with civil society to respond to the discrimination faced by LGBT people globally.
Justice Michael Kirby questions whether the Commonwealth can survive its poor human rights record
Co-author of the Commonwealth Charter questions whether the institution can survive its poor human rights record.
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