Global Advocates for Justice and Human Rights: the ICJ – 60 years in Geneva!
2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the ICJ’s move to Geneva thanks to the great Swiss jurist Jean-Flavien Lalive, who was ICJ’s Secretary General in 1958. (more…)
Themes Archives: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
ICJ Annual Report 2017 now online!
The ICJ has issued its Annual Report 2017, which offers a concise summary of the work carried out by the ICJ over the past year. (more…)
India: Supreme Court decision ending criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships is a momentous step forward for human rights
The ICJ welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment in Navtej Singh Johar et al v. Union of India and others, which effectively ends the threat to a large segment of the Indian population that they will be held criminally liable for exercising their human rights. (more…)
India: the Supreme Court must fully protect the human rights of LGBT individuals
Supreme Court’s reconsideration of Section 377’s constitutionality is a watershed opportunity to uphold the rights to freedom and equality of every LGBT person, the ICJ said today. (more…)
India’s Supreme Court gets another chance to decriminalize same-sex relationships
The SC is set to reconsider the criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships between adults, in response to a writ petition with significant ramifications for addressing the full range of human rights violations based on sexual orientation or gender identity in India said the ICJ. (more…)
The ICJ calls on South Asian States to end criminalization of LGBTI identities
South Asian States must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBTI persons, and must respect, protect and fulfill the full range of their human rights, the ICJ said today on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T). (more…)