Protecting the human rights of sexual minorities in contemporary Africa
This collection of essays, Protecting the human rights of sexual minorities in contemporary Africa, contains papers that were first presented at a colloquium on sexual minority rights in Africa, which took place at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in December 2014. This event was...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pretoria :
Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)
2017.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423655306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pt. I. Introduction
- Sexual minorities rights in Africa : What does it mean to be human; and who gets to decide?
- pt. II. Regulation of sexual orientation in Pre-Colonial Africa
- A triple heritage of sexuality? Regulation of sexual orientation in Africa in historic perspective
- pt III. Country context
- Culture versus homosexuality : can a right 'from' culture be claimed in Ugandan courts? Decriminalization of homosexuality in Kenya : the prospects and challenges
- Somewhere over the rainbow : the continued struggle for the realisation of lesbian and gay rights in South Africa
- First class Constitution, second class citizen : exploring the adoption of the third-gender category in South Africa
- The suppression of sexual minorities rights : a case study of Zimbabwe
- A psycho-legal reflection on issue surrounding the LGBTI community in Mauritius
- The legal status of LGBTI rights in Botswana and its implications for social justice
- Human rights and the criminalisation of same-sex marriage (Prohibition) act
- Protecting same-sex rights in Nigeria : case note on Teriah Joseph Ebah v Federal Government in Nigeria
- The status of sexual minority rights in Cameroon
- pt. IV. The African human rights system
- The protection and promotion of LGBTI rights in the African region human rights system : opportunities and challenges.
