Criminalising Homosexuality: Irreconcilable with Good Governance – Full Report
This comprehensive briefing highlights how crucial decriminalisation is for states to prosper and uphold their core democratic principles. It demonstrates the variety of lenses through which criminalisation's damaging effects can be seen, from exacerbating HIV to harming businesses and undermining the rule of law.
Briefing on Ugandan Prohibition of Promotion of Unnatural Sexual Practices Bill, 2014
This briefing by the Human Dignity Trust highlights key issues in the Uganda Prohibition of Promotion of Unnatural Sexual Practices Bill 2014. This Bill expressly seeks to further criminalise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and those who provide services to them.
Briefing on Gambia’s Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 2014
Human Dignity Trust's briefing note details how the new Criminal Code of the Gambia (2014) further criminalise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.
Briefing on Russia’s Federal ‘Anti-Propaganda’ Law 2014
This briefing note, prepared by the Human Dignity Trust, analyses Russia’s 2013 law ‘On the Protection of Children From Information Liable to be Injurious to their Health and Development’, commonly known as the Anti-Propaganda Law.
Briefing on the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act (2014)
On 24 February 2014, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed his assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 (AHA), passed by the Ugandan Parliament on 20 December 2013. This is the Human Dignity Trust's briefing on the Anti-Homosexuality Act.
Briefing on the Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013
This briefing note, prepared by the Human Dignity Trust, examines how Nigeria's Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act contravenes the Constitution of Nigeria, international obligations and acts to hinder the effectiveness of measures to contain the HIV epidemic.