Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 12
Párrafo
Paragraph text
A number of States now prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, following judicial decisions or the introduction of legislation concerning this issue. In the landmark 1998 case National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and another v. Minister of Justice and others, the South African Constitutional Court struck down three separate sodomy laws, noting the right of all people to dignity and equality in concluding that discrimination based on sexual orientation was prohibited under the South African Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States declared Texan sodomy laws unconstitutional in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, on the basis that it infringed on the liberty protected under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution through the criminalization of intimate, consensual sexual conduct.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Personas afectadas
LGBTQI+
Año
2010
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/14/20, para. 12.