Resources

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.

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

Judgment of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruling that 'gender' does not cover sexual orientation and that criminalising sodomy is constitutional

Decision of the African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights finding violations of the complainant's rights, and stating that limitation clauses of the African Charter should be used with caution.

Decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ruling in favour of the complainant, a lesbian inmate, declaring that she should be allowed conjugal visits from her same-sex partner, in accordance with her rights protected under the American Convention

Decision of the African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights which makes clear that international obligations take precedence over domestic law and warns against undermining the rights of specific individuals or groups.