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Judgment of the Supreme Court of Kentucky striking down the state sodomy law. The Court held that the statute violated the protection of privacy and equal protection under the Kentucky Constitution.

Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights ruling against the provisions criminalising 'buggery' between males in Ireland

Decision of the European Court of Human Rights holding that laws prohibiting homosexual acts between consenting adult males constitutes a violation of the European Convention.

This public report published in 1957 paved the way for decriminalisation of same-sex activity in England & Wales in 1967.