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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...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, E/CN.4/1999/68, 10 March 1999

Mar 10, 1999

15. One of the primary ways in which dominant familial ideology affects women, as well as men, is through dictates on sexuality. The European Court of Human Rights has recognized same sex marriage as an aspect of article 8, on the right to private life, of the...

Background paper prepared by Mr. Theodor van Boven, member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, E/CN.4/1999/WG.1/BP.7, February 26, 1999

Feb 26, 1999

Sessional open-ended Working Group to review and Formulate proposals for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 5. (…) (c) Victims of double discrimination constitute a third area of major concern. Many persons...

Concluding Observations, Kyrgyzstan, A/54/38, paras. 95-142, 27 January 1999: Kyrgyzstan

Jan 27, 1999

127. The Committee is concerned that lesbianism is classified as a sexual offence in the Penal Code. 128. The Committee recommends that lesbianism be reconceptualized as a sexual orientation and that penalties for its practice be abolished. Link to full text of the...