Resources

This note explains how international business can play a crucial role in achieving the decriminalisation of same-sex sexual activity and investigates the economic case for decriminalisation.

This briefing note looks at the criminalisation of private, consensual same-sex sexual activity through the prism of the rule of law, demonstrating how criminalisation is contrary to this principle.

This note demonstrates, through data and case studies, the link between democracy and the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Synopsis and recommendations from the Human Dignity Trust's series of notes aim to illustrate the link between the criminalisation of private, consensual same-sex sexual activity and various aspects of good governance.

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.

This case summary lays out how in 2015, the High Court of Kenya found that the failure by a government agency to register a LGBT rights non-governmental organisation, on the basis that homosexuality is criminalised in the East African country, is unconstitutional.