Videos

Watch the trailer to our new documentary, A Better Place, which takes an in-depth look at the toxic legacy of British colonial-era sexual offence laws. Meet the LGBT people whose love is criminalised; who face the daily struggle of state-sanctioned hatred. Meet the women who endure sexual violence in their homes, with no recourse to justice. And meet the global network of activists, lawyers and legislators striving for equality and justice for everyone.

In a landmark decision the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women found that the criminalisation of consensual, same-sex intimacy between women is a human rights violation. Watch Rosanna Flamer-Caldera of EQUAL GROUND Sri Lanka, our Chief Executive, Steve Letsike of Access Chapter 2 in South Africa and Azeenarh Mohammed, an LGBT rights activist from Nigeria, talk about why this precedent setting decision is so important.

In February 2022, the Singapore Court of Appeal reinforced a moratorium on the arrest of gay men engaging in consensual, same-sex sexual activity, which fell short of removing a discriminatory, criminalising law from the statute books. Watch Téa Braun, our Chief Executive, analyse the decision.

The Trust has been defending the human rights of LGBT people for a decade. To mark the occasion, we’re looking back at our key achievements in our 10th anniversary film.

As part of Copenhagen 2021, the Human Dignity Trust joined UNIBAM Executive Director, Caleb Orozco, and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre's Research and Advocacy Officer, Anna Mmolai-Chalmers, to look back over the last 10 years of litigation.

Watch Téa Braun, Chief Executive of Human Dignity Trust, Gareth Henry, Jamaican activist Glenroy Murray and Trust Board member Conway Blake discuss the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' decision and what this could mean for the Caribbean.