Accelerating Decriminalisation: Learning from 10 years of litigating against LGBT criminalisation

25th August 2021

43 mins

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. The panel highlighted the lessons learned to advance decriminalisation in the coming decade, and showcased how litigation is being used to challenge criminalisation across the world. They answer important questions, such as what has worked and what hasn’t, what can be replicated, when to use litigation and when to look to other strategies.

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