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Using International and Foreign Law in Human Rights Litigation: The Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Belize

International and foreign law is a powerful tool of transnational human rights advocates. Through litigation, advocates can create a global body of persuasive fundamental rights jurisprudence that can be used across borders.

CARICOM Joins Gay Activist Maurice Tomlinson In Suit Against Belize & Trinidad

Activist Maurice Tomlinson has challenged the Immigration Acts of Belize, Trinidad, and Tobago  which ban the entry of homosexuals, mentally challenged, and physically disabled people. 

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) now joins with Tomlinson's suit to the Caribbean Court of Justice and will provide supporting evidence to his cause. They have become involved because the treaty deals with the right to free movement of non-nationals and the CARICOM Secretariat argues that all CARICOM states must treat all the nationals of CARICOM the same. Read More

Amnesty International launches report "Rule by Law: Discriminatory Legislation and Legitimized Abuses in Uganda."

This report documents the human rights impact of three pieces of legislation: the Public Order Management Act, the Anti-Pornography Act, and the Anti-Homosexuality Act: in particular, the impact that these laws have had on the ability of civil society to organise, on discrimination against women, and on the lives of people who are or are believed to be LGBTI.  Read the report here