Instruments Archives: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Mukasa and Oyo v. Attorney General, High Court of Uganda at Kampala (22 December 2008)
Procedural Posture The applicants filed a complaint to the High Court for the alleged violation of their fundamental rights and freedoms by the respondent and its agents. Facts The first applicant was a prominent LGBT rights activist. One night, two government officials raided her house. Although they did not have a search warrant, they seized […]
Sunil Babu Pant and Others/ v. Nepal Government and Others, Supreme Court of Nepal (21 December 2007)
(Note: Summary based on translation published in National Judicial Academy Law Journal, 2 NJA Law Journal 2008, pp. 261-286.) Procedural Posture In April 2007, the Blue Diamond Society, MITINI Nepal, Cruse AIDS Nepal, and Parichaya Nepal, all organizations representing lesbians, gays, and “people of the third gender”, filed a writ petition under Article 107(2) of […]