Letter to Commonwealth Heads of Government re. Laws criminalising same-sex sexual conduct in Commonwealth nations

Thursday, 13 October, 2011

A letter from the Equal Rights Trust to Commonwealth General Secretary Kamalesh Sharma urging the repeal of Legislation that Criminalises Same-Sex Sexual Conduct and calling upon the Heads of Government to establish a Ministerial Action Group to address the issue of laws criminalising same-sex sexual conduct and advise states on the legal implications of retaining such laws, and to include a commitment to tackling laws criminalising same-sex sexual conduct in the final communique of the 2011 meeting.