Debate on sexual minority rights in Africa : a comparative analysis of the situation in South Africa, Uganda, Malawi and Botswana

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University of Pretoria

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Gays, lesbians,and laws that criminalise homosexuality in Africa have been the subject of heated public debate in recent times.Criminalisation and attempts at re-criminalisation of homosexuality in some African countries have generated a lot of debate on the issue.The central theme in these debates has been the justification and maintenance of sodomy laws, as against the argument for the repeal of these laws because it violates the rights of gays and lesbians.

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Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa. Prepared under the supervision of Prof. Letitia Van Der Poll, Faculty of Law, University of Western Cape, South Africa. 2010.

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UCTD, Lesbians, Gays, Homosexuality, Criminalisation, Sodomy laws Africa

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Ako, EY 10, Debate on sexual minority rights in Africa : a comparative analysis of the situation in South Africa, Uganda, Malawi and Botswana, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16739>