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01 May 2014

LIVING A LIFE OF CRIME: The ongoing criminalisation of homosexuality within the Commonwealth

This article by Dr Paula Gerber examines the modern Commonwealth of Nations, including an analysis of the Charter which governs it, and the laws in many of the Commonwealth countries that still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual conduct. This is followed by an analysis of whether the UN and...

This article by Dr Paula Gerber examines the modern Commonwealth of Nations, including an analysis of the Charter which governs it, and the laws in many of the Commonwealth countries that still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual conduct. This is followed by an analysis of whether the UN and global civil society have a role to play in increasing respect for the rights of LGBTI persons.