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World - LGBTQ Rights New Draft Treaty Affirms Protection for Women and LGBTIQ People Rights Organisations Applaud the Move
A coalition of human rights organizations, led by MADRE, Outright Action International and CUNY Law School, have announced a…
World - LGBTQ Rights Global Call to Reform Japan’s Law on Transgender People
A leading international health organisation has urged the government of Japan to reform its legal recognition procedure for transgender…
World - LGBTQ Rights Botswana: High Court Strikes Down Sodomy Laws
The High Court in Botswana ruled on June 11, 2019 that laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations were unconstitutional, Human…
World - LGBTQ Rights Vatican Confirms Hate Against LGBTIQ People Are A Religious Value
On 10 June 2019 the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Vatican issued a 31 page long guidance on…
World - LGBTQ Rights High Court in Botswana Rules to Decriminalise Same-Sex Relations
Today, on 11 June 2019, a full bench of the High Court of Botswana ruled to shake remaining relics…
World - LGBTQ Rights Russia: Chechnya Gay Purge Responders Threatened
Russian authorities should urgently and effectively investigate the break-in at the home of an LGBT rights activist and the…
World - LGBTQ Rights Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in…
World - LGBTQ Rights Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code
Brunei should immediately repeal its newly enacted penal code, which violates a range of human rights, Human Rights Watch…