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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, E/CN.4/2000/9, 2 February 2000: Brazil

Feb 2, 2000

145. Rosana Lage Ligero and Marilu Josu Silva Barbosa, two women who had been living openly as a lesbian couple, were reportedly arrested in June 1996, after an alleged partial investigation, by the local police in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco. Although the...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, E/CN.4/2000/3, 25 January 2000

Jan 25, 2000

J. Violations of the right to life of members of sexual minorities 54. The Special Rapporteur has continued to receive serious reports of persons having been subjected to death threats or extrajudicially killed because of their sexual orientation. It has been reported...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/79/Add.111, 27 July 1999: Romania

Jul 27, 1999

16. The Committee is concerned about restrictions on the right to privacy, in particular in regard to homosexual relations between consenting adults, which are penalized by article 200, paragraph 1, of the Penal Code (art. 17). The State party should take timely...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/79/Add.106, 6 April 1999: Lesotho

Apr 6, 1999

13. The Committee notes with concern that a sexual relationship between consenting adult partners of the same sex is punishable under law. The Committee recommends that the State party amend the law in this respect. Link to full text of the report: Concluding...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/79/Add.104, 30 March 1999: Chile

Mar 30, 1999

20. The continuation in force of legislation that criminalizes homosexual relations between consenting adults involves violation of the right to privacy protected under article 17 of the Covenant and may reinforce attitudes of discrimination between persons on the...