The Fight Against Gender Crimes

The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic regime in Iran have introduced laws and practices depriving women of fundamental rights, which many say amounts to “gender apartheid”. Some countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBTQ+ people [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more] and those who support them. While gender apartheid is not yet recognized as a crime in international law, gender persecution is recognized, but has rarely been prosecuted. In this special focus, Justice Info looks at gender-based crimes and at the ongoing push to put them in the spotlight of international justice.

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LGBT people in Russia: searching for an internal enemy

On September 12, a Moscow court sentenced two young men, Timur A. and Daniil R., to prison for standing near the window of their apartment without clothes. The case is one of hundreds in Russia, launched under the law to protect “traditional values”. While the deterioration of LGBT rights in Russia began a decade ago, […]

By Maria Koroleva (for Justice Info)

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