Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 20
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Sanctioned punishment by States reinforces existing prejudices, and legitimizes community violence and police brutality directed at affected individuals. Seven States, or parts thereof, currently retain the death penalty as a possible punishment for sodomy. The Special Rapporteur believes that the imposition of the death penalty for consensual same-sex conduct is not only unconscionable, but further represents arbitrary deprivation of life, constituting an infringement of the right to life recognized in article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Health
Person(s) affected
LGBTQI+
Year
2010
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/14/20, para. 20.