Human Dignity Trust
Human Dignity Trust is a UK-based registered charity that focuses on strategic litigation challenging the criminalization of homosexuality around the world.[15] It was founded in 2011 by Jonathan Cooper and Tim Otty QC. Cooper led the organization until 2016,[16] and as of 2022 it is led by Téa Braun.[17]
Organization
Human Dignity Trust's team consists of lawyers, activists, researchers, and communications specialists who work with LGBT organizations, activists, and local attorneys worldwide to defend LGBT rights.[18]
A report produced in November 2015 by the Human Dignity Trust in association with the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association claims that countries that continue to criminalize same-sex relationships were worsening the impacts of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The report estimates that some 2.9 billion people live in Commonwealth countries where consensual homosexuality is punishable, and approximately 174 million living there may identify as LGBT. It found that:[19]
There is a direct link between criminalizing laws and increased rates of HIV, and the Commonwealth undeniably demonstrates this link. The Commonwealth accounts for approximately 30% of the world's population but over 60% of HIV cases worldwide. This situation has gotten progressively worse.
References
- ↑ Lennox, C.; Waites, M. (2013). "Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the commonwealth: from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues". Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth. Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. pp. 1–59. ISBN 978-0-9573548-8-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Arimoro, Augustine Edobor (2018). "When Love is a Crime: Is the Criminalisation of Same Sex Relations in Nigeria a Protection of Nigerian Culture?". Liverpool Law Review. 39 (3): 221–238. doi:10.1007/s10991-018-9217-y. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Lee, Rebecca (2015). "Charity without Politics? Exploring the Limits of 'Politics' in Charity Law". Journal of Civil Society. 11 (3): 271–282. doi:10.1080/17448689.2015.1061260. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Rao, Rahul (2017). "A tale of two atonements". Queering International Law. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-26678-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Tisdale, Lauren (2018). "A Triumphant Victory for Gay Rights in Belize Lays the Foundation for a Domino Effect throughout the Caribbean". Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. 41: 99.
- ↑ Waites, Matthew (2019). "LGBT and Queer Politics in the Commonwealth". Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1257. ISBN 978-0-19-022863-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Rahman, Momin (2014). "The Politics of Identity and the Ends of Liberation". Homosexualities, Muslim Cultures and Modernity. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 118–136. doi:10.1057/9781137002969_7. ISBN 978-1-137-00296-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Robinson, Colin (2012). "Decolonising sexual citizenship: who will effect change in the south of the Commonwealth?". Commonwealth Opinion: 1–8.
- ↑ Evans, Christine M. (2012–2013). "Challenging Unnatural Crimes: The Connection between LGBTI Rights and Gender-Specific Sexual Violence Laws in Belize". Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights. 11: [i].
- ↑ Waites, Matthew (2019). "Decolonizing the boomerang effect in global queer politics: A new critical framework for sociological analysis of human rights contestation" (PDF). International Sociology. 34 (4): 382–401. doi:10.1177/0268580919851425. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Novak, Andrew (2018). "Using International and Foreign Law in Human Rights Litigation: The Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Belize". Journal of Human Rights Practice. 10 (2): 346–354. doi:10.1093/jhuman/huy014.
- ↑ Novak, Andrew (2020). "Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation". Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth. Springer International Publishing. pp. 11–35. ISBN 978-3-030-28546-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Novak, Andrew (2021). "Transnational litigation against the mandatory death penalty and anti-sodomy laws: a new Commonwealth human rights strategy?". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 59 (2): 149–168. doi:10.1080/14662043.2020.1852678. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Broder, Peter (2014–2015). "U.K. Case Potentially Positive Step in Recognizing Human Rights Work as Charitable". LawNow. 39: 43.
- ↑ [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- ↑ Bowcott, Owen (1 October 2021). "Jonathan Cooper obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "Téa Braun – Chief Executive | Human Dignity Trust". www.humandignitytrust.org. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "Our Team". Human Dignity Trust. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ↑ "Anti-gay laws worsening the AIDS crisis in Commonwealth countries, says new Human Dignity Trust report" at gaystarnews.com Accessed 11 September 2017
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