LGBTQ Caribbean activists decades-long challenges against countries to gain equality are lining up in multiple courts, creating a potential tidal wave ushering in queer rights for the region.
At least 11 legal challenges are in various stages of the judicial process, with some cases facing high courts in a make-or-break moment for the Caribbean s LGBTQ movement.
Next week, the Privy Council in the United Kingdom is expected to release rulings for two of the region s most anticipated cases addressing same-sex marriage in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
The Jamaican Supreme Court s March 8 hearing on same-sex marriage was postponed, said gay Jamaican activist and attorney Maurice Tomlinson. A new date has not been set. Tomlinson s decriminalization case against Jamaica s government has been heard once at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in November 2019. The commission has been quiet since then.
Clamen and Chu: Sex workersâ rights aren t yet protected under law Current legislation undermines the Charter right to life, liberty, security, equality, freedom of expression and freedom of association. We re challenging it in court.
Author of the article: Jenn Clamen, Sandra Ka Hon Chu
Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021  â¢Â 2 hours ago  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â Sex workers and their supporters gathered on the front steps of the Supreme Court of Canada building in Ottawa in January, 2012 as they challenged criminal laws regarding adult prostitution. They won their case, but subsequent legislation has still made this work difficult. Photo by Chris Mikula /The Ottawa Citizen
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Mexico Passes Bill To Legalise Cannabis
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The lower House of Congress in Mexico approved a bill to decriminalise the use of cannabis for recreational, medical and scientific uses.
Such bill received 316 votes in its favour and 127 votes against.
Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, the President of Mexico, is in favour of the said bill.
The bill is awaiting review and approval from the Senate, after which it would become a law.
People of the age of 18 years and older, are allowed to grow, carry or consume marijuana and its derivatives.
Five types of licenses for the cultivation, transformation, sale, research and export or import of cannabis is enlisted in the bill.
In today’s world, general counsel face an ever-increasing demand to manage exponentially more risks, involving greater complexity, in much shorter time frames and with more potential impact on business performance. As expectations upon them evolve, law firm networks are assisting GCs in making their organisations more agile and effective.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted corporations the world over, general counsel were finding their roles becoming increasingly challenging, moving from simply providing legal advice to making strategic decisions and helping to manage risk. “To say their plates are full right now is an understatement,” says Christian Traichel, a partner at Taylor Wessing in Germany and president of World Law Group (WLG). Law firm networks such as WLG are beginning to realise this, and as a result, rolling out tools and initiatives to help general counsel in making their organisations more agile and effective. Traichel talks about a few aspects