Avoiding Overreach: Shaping State Responses to Anti-LGBTI Online Hate Speech in Southeast Asia
An opinion piece by Daron Tan, ICJ Associate International Legal Adviser, Asia and the Pacific Programme.
Asia: Abolish the death penalty and halt its discriminatory use to punish same-sex sexual conduct
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), ILGA Asia and five other human rights organizations condemn the death penalty under any circumstances, including as a punishment for consensual, same-sex sexual conduct in Asia, and call for its unconditional abolition.
International Transgender Day of Visibility: End impunity for attacks against transgender people
The Pakistani authorities should urgently investigate a series of violent attacks against transgender women in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and bring perpetrators to justice, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Have Only Positive Expectations (HOPE) and the Sathi Foundation said today on the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Singapore: Repeal section 377A of the penal code and uphold LGBTQ+ individuals’ human rights
Following the recent court ruling Amnesty International, ILGA Asia, the International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch call on the Singapore Parliament to repeal Section 377A and uphold the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex individuals.
Eswatini: Freedom of association not guaranteed and discrimination against LGBTIs widespread (UN Statement)
The ICJ today drew the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the lack of respect, protection and fulfilment of the freedom of expression, assembly and association and to the widespread discrimination of LGBTI persons during the discussion on the outcome of the UPR of Eswatini.
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