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Mauritius: Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People
IPS, 27 October 2023
In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between… Read more »
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Mauritius: Mauritius Is the Latest Nation to Decriminalise Same-Sex Relations in a Divided Continent
The Conversation Africa, 12 October 2023
The Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalises consensual same-sex acts between adult men. The decision boosts the trend in the Southern African… Read more »
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Mauritius: Mauritius Supreme Court Declares Anti-Gay Law Unconstitutional
HRW, 5 October 2023
Two landmark judgments of the Supreme Court of Mauritius have struck down the provision in the Criminal Code that outlawed consensual sex between men, rejecting the law as a… Read more »
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Mauritius: UN Welcomes the Supreme Court's Decision to Decriminalize Same Sex Relations
UNAIDS, 5 October 2023
The United Nations in Mauritius—which includes UNAIDS, UNFPA, OHCHR, UNDP and WHO—welcome today's ruling by the Supreme Court of Mauritius that a discriminatory law… Read more »
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Mauritius: Win for LGBTQI+ Community as Supreme Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relations
allAfrica, 5 October 2023
A colonial-era legislation that made same-sex relationships illegal was overturned in Mauritius, according to a Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) report. Read more »