Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth : struggles for decriminalisation and change /

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Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change challenges these developments as the first book to focus on experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and all non-heterosexual people in the Commonwealth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies. School of Advanced Study. Human Rights Consortium
Otros Autores: Lennox, Corinne, Waites, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2013.
Temas:
Human rights > Commonwealth countries.
Same-sex marriage > Commonwealth countries.
Gays > Commonwealth countries.
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc. > Commonwealth countries.
Lesbians > Commonwealth countries.
Lesbians > Legal status, laws, etc. > Commonwealth countries.
Transgender people > Commonwealth countries.
Transgender people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Commonwealth countries.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Pays du Commonwealth.
Homosexuels > Mariage > Pays du Commonwealth.
Homosexuels > Pays du Commonwealth.
Lesbiennes > Pays du Commonwealth.
Transgenres > Pays du Commonwealth.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Gays
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc.
Human rights
Lesbians
Lesbians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Same-sex marriage
Transgender people
Transgender people > Legal status, laws, etc.
Commonwealth countries
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth : from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites
  • The sodomy offence : England's least lovely criminal law export? / The Hon. Michael Kirby
  • This alien legacy: the origins of 'sodomy' laws in British colonialism / Human Rights Watch
  • LGBT rights in Commonwealth forums: politics, pitfalls and progress? / Frederick Cowell
  • United Kingdom: confronting criminal histories and theorising decriminalisation as citizenship and governmentality / Matthew Waites
  • Wolfenden in Canada : within and beyond official discourse in law reform struggles / Gary Kinsman
  • Australia : nine jurisdictions, one long struggle / Graham Willett
  • A few respectable steps behind the world? Gay and lesbian rights in contemporary Singapore / Simon Obendorf
  • The Malaysian dilemma : negotiating sexual diversity in a Muslim-majority Commonwealth state / Shanon Shah
  • Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts in the South Asian Commonwealth : struggles in contexts / Sumit Baudh
  • Decriminalising homosexuality in Africa : lessons from the South African experience / Gustavo Gomes da Costa Santos
  • The development of sexual rights and the LGBT movement in Botswana / Monica Tabengwa with Nancy Nicol
  • The LGBT situation in Malawi : an activist perspective / Undule Mwakasungula
  • The incremental approach : Uganda's struggle for the decriminalisation of homosexuality / Adrian Jjuuko
  • Religious institutions and actors and religious attitudes to homosexual rights : South Africa and Uganda / Kevin Ward
  • 'Buggery' and the Commonwealth Caribbean : a comparative examination of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago / Joseph Gaskins Jr.
  • Beyond cross-cultural sensitivities : international human rights advocacy and sexuality in Jamaica / Conway Blake and Philip Dayle
  • The use of equality and anti-discrimination law in advancing LGBT rights / Dimitrina Petrova
  • Conclusion. Comparative analysis of decriminalisation and change across the Commonwealth : understanding contexts and discerning strategies / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites.

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