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From Rulings to Reality: Jamaica Must Repeal Homophobic Laws

Three years after landmark Americas decision urging repeal of homophobic laws, Jamaica has still failed to comply. A new report from the Human Dignity Trust says violence and discrimination against LGBT Jamaicans is ongoing and acute, calls for urgent reform of criminalising laws.

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Sunil Babu Pant and Others v Nepal Government and Others, Supreme Court of Nepal, [2008] 2 NJA L.J. 261-286

Sunil Babu Pant and Others v Nepal Government and Others, Supreme Court of Nepal, [2008] 2 NJA L.J. 261-286

The Supreme Court of Nepal issued a writ of mandamus stating that non-discrimination provisions on the grounds of sexual orientation must be introduced into the Constitution of Nepal. The court stated that all LGBT persons are ‘natural persons’ and that their sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression are all part of natural growing processes. Equal rights, identity and expression must therefore be ensured.

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