Resources

This is a short summary of our report, Breaking the Silence: Criminalisation of Lesbians and Bisexual Women and its Impacts, which considers the history, extent and nature of laws criminalising consensual sexual intimacy between women.

On 18 December, the Supreme Court of Ghana dismissed two cases challenging the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 (“the Bill”).

On 18 December, the Supreme Court of Ghana dismissed two cases challenging the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 (“the Bill”).

The Seychelles National Assembly passed the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2024, allowing hate crimes to be recognised and prosecuted for the first time in the country’s history.

Judgment of the Supreme Court of Ghana, upholding the criminalisation of consensual, same-sex sexual activity.

This Case Digest summarises the 2024 High Court of Namibia's decision to strike down laws that criminalised same-sex intimacy.