Botswana Court of Appeal decriminalises consensual same sex between same-sex partners
On 29th November 2021, The Botswana Court of Appeal through the Judge President Ian Kirby issues a monumental judgement to decriminalise consensual sex between same-sex partners. The unanimous decision found that the Penal Code provisions (Sections 164 (a) and (c) ) violated the right to privacy (section 9 of...69th Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
HRAPF’s statement on the Human Rights situation for criminalised minorities in Uganda at the 69th Ordinary session of African Commission on Human and People’s Rights HRAPF presented a statement to the 69th Ordinary session of The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the Human Rights situation form...Update on next steps in the legislative process regarding the Sexual Offences Bill
Although our analysis uses the word Act, the law at present is officially still a Bill and will only become an Act after receiving presidential Assent under article 91 of the Constitution. The reason we referred to it as an Act in the Analysis is because it will only...68th Ordinary Session of The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
STATEMENT BY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PROMOTION FORUM (HRAPF) ON THE CONTINUED VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF VULNERABLE MINORITIES IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 RESPONSE Presented at the 68th Ordinary Session of The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held in Banjul, The Gambia. Mr. Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished...
