Liechtenstein: Parliament approves same-sex marriage bill
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Liechtenstein: Parliament approves same-sex marriage bill
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Swiss Parliament and Government are not willing to provide legally binding protection for children with innate variations in sex characteristics (Intersex)
Swiss Parliament and Government are not willing to provide legally binding protection for children with innate variations in sex characteristics (Intersex)
A respective request in Parliament has been withdrawn after a rejection by the Government. Switzerland thus refuses to implement many recommendations of the Council of Europe and the UN in the last years.
See for details (de/fr): https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20223355
Italy: Judges in Padua say «The birth certificates of children with two mothers cannot be canceled»
Italy: Judges in Padua say «The birth certificates of children with two mothers cannot be canceled»
Rapid Vienna hit with severe penalties for homophobic derby celebration insults
Rapid Vienna hit with severe penalties for homophobic derby celebration insults
Rapid Vienna faces severe disciplinary actions with five players, an executive director, and an assistant coach penalized for homophobic insults during a derby victory celebration.
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“The Austrian football championship is committed to fighting against discrimination of any kind. The status of those who are role models for the youth transcends what happens on the field,” announced the Bundesliga.
France MPs back compensating victims of anti-gay law
France MPs back compensating victims of anti-gay law
France’s lower house has passed a bill which will provide recognition and compensation for people convicted of homosexuality between 1942 and 1982.
Repost: A Much-Needed Queer Look at International Humanitarian Law
| Repost: A Much-Needed Queer Look at International Humanitarian Law |
| An Obligation to Monitor the Situation of Prisoners of War with Diverse SOGI? |
| 04.03.2024 | by Hannah Nieratzky |
| People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) are particularly vulnerable in times of conflict. However, due to the gender binary it is based on, international humanitarian law (IHL) does not address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of individuals with diverse SOGI and few attempts have been made to improve their protection of under IHL (Margalit, p. 239). [click here to see full article] |
Swiss parliament rejects conversion therapy proposals – for the time being
Ex-British Airways manager held in Qatari jail for ‘being gay’ as family fear he’s being tortured
Ex-British Airways manager held in Qatari jail for ‘being gay’ as family fear he’s being tortured
The family of former British Airways manager Manuel Guerrero are pleading for his release after they claim he is being tortured in jail in Qatar after a police sting operation on the gay dating app Grindr
More: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ex-british-airways-manager-held-32234506
Czech lawmakers approve more rights for same-sex couples, just not marriage
Czech lawmakers approve more rights for same-sex couples, just not marriage
Ghana passes law criminalising identifying as LGBTQ+
Ghana passes law criminalising identifying as LGBTQ+
The Parliament of Ghana passed a bill Wednesday that makes it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+ in Ghana. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 states that anyone who is found to be LGBTQ+ in the country could be imprisoned.
Ghana’s Parliament passed the bill by a unanimous vote following the completion of its third reading in parliament. Under this new law, anyone identifying as LGBTQ+ could face up to three year in prison, while anyone who forms or funds LGBTQ+ groups could face up to 5 years in prison.
The bill states that its intention is as follows:
The object of the Bill is to provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values; proscribe LGBTQ+ and related activities; proscribe propaganda of, advocacy for or promotion of LGBTTQQIAAP+ and related activities; provide for the protection and support for children, persons who are victims or accused of LGBTTQQIAAP+ and related activities and other person; and related matters.
The bill was formed in response to Ghana’s first LGBTQ+ advocacy resource centre opening in Accra in January 2021. According to the bill, this event was “greeted with a plethora of criticism from a cross section of Ghanaians” and the centre was closed following public protests. At the time, the National House of Chiefs issues a statement regarding the centre, affirming that “nowhere does the Ghanaian culture subscribe to LGBTQI which is a taboo, inhuman and alien to our society.”
Member of Parliament Sam George, a strong supporter of the bill, spoke to reporters after the vote. He stated that their “cultural values are upheld and respected” by the bill. When asked whether there was opposition to the bill, George stated “We may have had one or two members express divisions, but that is their democratic right. We respect it but the overwhelming majority of both sides of the house have supported this bill.”
The bill will be forwarded to President Nana Akufo-Addo, who must assent the bill before it becomes law in Ghana.
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International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 