Super-criminalisation of same-sex love in Africa through six legal strategies

Prosecution of same-sex love has been escalating in African countries in recent years. Governments use six legal strategies with devastating impact on LGBTQ+ communities leading to super-criminalisation.

Seun Solomon Bakare • October 15, 2024

Curing ‘corrective’ rape: Conceptualising a dual-pronged approach to sexual violence against Black lesbians in South Africa

Persistent and endemic ‘corrective’ rape of Black lesbians in South Africa invites socio-legal study of its context, critically auditing both the law and society in South Africa to engineer change.

Waruguru Gaitho • January 14, 2021

Wash your hands often… and your newsfeed even more: disinformation in COVID-19 times

In the midst of a public health crisis, only one thing is more contagious than the virus itself – lies. How does disinformation affect our fundamental rights?

María de Arcos Tejerizo • April 20, 2020

Can not restricting human rights violate them?

We are used to conceiving human rights as freedoms of the individual from government intervention. COVID-19 might put this assumption to the test and show that the opposite might also be true.

Sarah Lupi • April 03, 2020

The Urgenda decision: The landmark Dutch climate change case

The landmark decision in the Urgenda case - how the Court reached its decision and the significance for future similar litigation spanning courts across the globe.

Oksana Lutak • January 27, 2020 • 2 comments

Homophobic bias in conditions for donating blood

Prohibitions and restrictions on donating blood continue to affect homosexual males around the world. Why it is high time for future legal innovations to change the approach to this delicate matter.

Francesco Schmidt • January 17, 2020 • 3 comments

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