Modernising Sexual Offences Laws: Our Journey
This short brochure contains an interview with Kim Simplis Barrow, Special Envoy for Women and Children and Spouse of the Prime Minister of Belize, exploring the journey towards reform of Belize's colonial-era sexual offences laws.
Briefing on Brunei’s implementation of the Syariah Penal Code Order 2013
This briefing provides a legal analysis of Brunei’s Syariah Penal Code Order 2013 as it pertains to the criminalisation of LGBT people, and how these provisions are in violation of international human rights laws and norms.
Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India (2018) – Case Digest
Case digest of the Supreme Court of India decision which found that the criminalisation of same-sex activity is unconstitutional.
The Sri Lankan Report on Public Representations on Constitutional Reform: An Opening for Constitutional Protections for LGBT People?
This note contains a summary of the parts of the 2016 Sri Lankan Report on Public Representations on Constitutional Reform that recommend the recognition and implementation of the rights of LGBT people.
Breaking the Silence: The Criminalisation of Lesbian and Bisexual Women and its Impacts
This report is the first ever global in-depth analysis of how laws against same-sex activity specifically impact lesbian and bisexual women, showing that it is illegal to be a lesbian or bisexual woman in almost a quarter of all the countries in the world.
The Criminalisation of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Relations Across the Commonwealth: Developments And Opportunities
Report of the Human Dignity Trust on the extent and the consequences of the criminalisation of same-sex relations within the Commonwealth, prepared for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015 in Malta, in association with the Commonwealth Lawyers Association