Nadan & McCoskar v State, High Court of Fiji at Suva, 26 August 2005. [2005] FJHC 500
Judgment of the High Court of Fiji finding that appellant's human rights were infringed upon, and that criminalisation of same-sex activity between consenting adults is unconstitutional
Lawrence v Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
Judgment of the US Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional a Texas law that prohibited sexual acts between individuals of the same sex.
Kanane v State, Court of Appeal, 2003 (2), BLR
Judgment of the Court of Appeal at Lobatse, Botswana, found that expanding gross indecency provisions to women rectified the previously discriminatory male-only provision criminalising same-sex activity between men. The Court held in favour of the State to retain criminalisation of same-sex activity in Botswana.
American Psychological Association, Brief for Amici Curiae, Lawrence v. Texas (January 2003)
Brief of the American Psychological Association in support of the claimants in the case Lawrence v. Texas to decriminalise same-sex activity between consenting adults in private across the United States
Banana v State, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe, [2000] 4 LRC 621
Judgment of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruling that 'gender' does not cover sexual orientation and that criminalising sodomy is constitutional
National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, [1998] ZACC 15
Judgment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruling that criminalising sodomy is unconstitutional