Date: 9 - 13 February 2015
Presented by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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The programme may contain the following elements:
- Conceptual clarification of the terms ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’, ‘bisexual’, ‘transgender’ and ‘intersex’ (the origin of these and other related terms and their influence);
- Bio-medical data on homosexuality, and its interpretation;
- HIV and the emergence of ‘men-who-have-sex-with-men’ (MSM), MSM and the LGBTI movement, risk of HIV infection to lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered and intersex persons;
- African tradition/culture and homosexuality (the ‘unAfrican’ debate, anthropological perspectives on homosexuality in traditional Africa);
- The approach to homosexuality of the major religious traditions (Christianity, Islam);
- Public opinion on sexual minority rights: media, popular culture and literature in Africa and sexual minority rights;
- A typology of human rights violations of sexual minorities in African states (attempts to address them ; reasons for violations);
- Criminal law and LGBTI persons (sodomy laws, and the application of criminal law);
- Sexual minority rights under international law (ICCPR; Toonen case; Yogyokarta Principles; are LGBTI persons ‘minorities’ under international law);
- Domestic legal provisions affecting LGBTI persons in African states (eg criminalisation of same-sex relations);
- Strategies and best practices of litigation to vindicate the rights of sexual minorities (the role of civil society organs, media etc);
- Current case law development in African states (Uganda, Kenya and Malawi).
- EU / Council of Europe and LGBTI Rights
- Other international (UN) law and sexual minorities
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