Jason Jones v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal Judgment
In March 2025, the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago allowed the appeal of the Attorney General in the case of Jason Jones v. Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (2018), thereby overturning the High Court ruling that had decriminalised consensual same-sex sexual activity.
Breaking the Silence: Criminalisation of Lesbians and Bisexual Women and its Impacts (Summary)
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.
Amanda Odoi vs Speaker of the Parliament and another
On 18 December, the Supreme Court of Ghana dismissed two cases challenging the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 (“the Bill”).
Richard Sky v Parliament of Ghana and another
On 18 December, the Supreme Court of Ghana dismissed two cases challenging the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 (“the Bill”).
Seychelles Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2024
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.
Breaking the Silence: Criminalisation of Lesbians and Bisexual Women and its Impacts
This report, the second edition to an original published in 2016, considers the history, extent and nature of laws criminalising consensual sexual intimacy between women, and the anti-LGBT criminal laws of all varieties that foster and perpetuate homophobia against lesbian and bisexual women as a particular group.