The Sri Lankan Report on Public Representations on Constitutional Reform: An Opening for Constitutional Protections for LGBT People?
This note contains a summary of the parts of the 2016 Sri Lankan Report on Public Representations on Constitutional Reform that recommend the recognition and implementation of the rights of LGBT people.
Breaking the Silence: The Criminalisation of Lesbian and Bisexual Women and its Impacts
This report is the first ever global in-depth analysis of how laws against same-sex activity specifically impact lesbian and bisexual women, showing that it is illegal to be a lesbian or bisexual woman in almost a quarter of all the countries in the world.
The Criminalisation of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Relations Across the Commonwealth: Developments And Opportunities
Report of the Human Dignity Trust on the extent and the consequences of the criminalisation of same-sex relations within the Commonwealth, prepared for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015 in Malta, in association with the Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Criminalising Homosexuality: Indicators of Good Governance
This note examines how, in addition to the criminalisation of LGBT people being an indicator of poor governance and poor human rights in and of itself, countries that criminalise tend to rank poorly on other indicators too.
Criminalising Homosexuality and Understanding the Right to Manifest Religion
This briefing note explores points of connection between religion and the criminalisation of private, consensual, same-sex sexual activity.
Criminalising Homosexuality and LGBT Rights in Times of Conflict, Violence and Natural Disasters
This note explores how during times of turmoil (conflict, natural disasters or widespread violence) the LGBT community can be further exposed to a specific type of violence and exclusion in countries criminalising private, consensual same-sex activity.