TAG: criminalization

ILGA launches State-Sponsored Homophobia report 2017

The number of countries criminalising consensual, private same-sex sexual activity between adults has decreased to 72, while the variety of law relevant to sexual orientation continues to expand steadily

Persecution of gay men in Chechnya: news, statements and analysis

They Have Long Arms and They Can Find Me’: Anti-Gay Purge by Local Authorities in Russia’s Chechen Republic – Human RIghts Watch report News Update: LGBT homicide in Chechnya- Russian LGBT Network End abuse and detention of gay men in Chechnya, UN human rights experts tell Russia – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner […]

Resource: Islamophobia is racism

Resource for Teaching & Learning about anti-Muslim Racism in the United States Home #IslamophobiaIsRacism Syllabus Race, Empire, Islam The Production and Reproduction of Anti-Muslim Racism Anti-Muslim Racism Impact Policing, Security, Surveillance, and Anti-Muslim Racism Resisting Anti-Muslim Racism Further Reading and Resources #IslamophobiaIsRacism Syllabus #IslamophobiaIsRacism Syllabus Preface Inspired by the #FergusonSyllabus, the #StandingRockSyllabus, the #BlackIslamSyllabus and […]

The Smart Sex Worker’s Guide to Addressing the Failure of Anti-Sex Work Organisations

Sex workers and their allies face significant obstacles in the fight to improve the health and wellbeing of sex workers globally. In the Smart Sex Worker’s Guide: The Failure of Anti-Sex Work Organisations to Protect the Human Rights of Sex Workers, NSWP explore the effects of anti-sex work programming and anti-trafficking initiatives that deny sex […]

Crackdown against women’s rights activists in Jamaica and Uganda

In March and early April, two grave cases of crackdowns against women’s rights activists have been registered worldwide. In Jamaica, activist Latoya Nugent was detained and charged for cybercrime under an anti-terrorist law, an action widely condemned by human rights groups and organizations. In Uganda, the feminist scholar Stella Nyanzi was arrested also on the […]

Recent human violations related to abortion in Brazil

In February, in Curitiba, a woman was arrested when searching for care for incomplete abortion in an Evangelical hospital. In early March, in Pauí, a 11 yeard old girl who was pregnant after having been submitted to systematic rape by her stepfather was denied the termination by the health service (read more). In Campo Grande, […]

Sexual Politics in March and early April 2017

In March and early April, the abortion frontline in Latin America has been remarkably eventful, in positive ways. In Bolivia, the proposed revision of abortion law, which is part of the broader reform of the country’s Penal Code, ignited an intense public debate. More relevant yet, in El Salvador, where the criminalization of abortion is […]

Brazil: Abortion lawsuit at the Supreme Court

On March 7, a lawsuit (ADPF 442) was filed at the Brazilian Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of Penal Code’s articles 124 and 126 that criminalize abortion. The petition was presented by the left-wing party PSOL and the feminist NGO Anis, because, as pointed out by the professor of criminal law Luciana Boiteux, a […]

Punitive laws, key population size estimates, and Global AIDS Response Progress Reports: an ecological study of 154 countries

UN global plans on HIV/AIDS have committed to reducing the number of countries with punitive laws criminalizing key populations. This study explores whether punitive laws are associated with countries’ performance on targets set in the global plans.

Sexual Politics in February and early March 2017

There are many events to be reported in regard to abortion rights in February and early March 2017. The most important comes from Brazil where potential regressions on abortion rights have been registered in recent years. A lawsuit was filed at the Supreme Court, on March 7th, by a political party (PSOL) and the feminist […]

She Decides – challenging US Global Gag Rule

The story to date On 22 January 2017, the Global Gag Rule was reinstated by Donald Trump the day after he took office. (See the Campaign newsletter report of 27 January which outlines the history of the Gag Rule, which goes back 32 years, the consequences it had for NGOs in the past and the […]

Uruguay: Young woman denied a legal abortion may take legal action against judge

A judge in the city of Mercedes, Soriano, has ruled against a woman having an abortion who was booked for the abortion on 23 February. The ruling came after her ex–partner tabled an amparo asking the court to delay the abortion so that he could challenge her decision. The judge agreed to hear the case […]