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Human rights body calls on Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era ban on gay sex Inter-American Commission on Human Rights find anti-sodomy laws violate LGBTQ people's human rights 28SHARES Mahogany Beach in Jamaica – Photo: Jimfbleak, via Wikimedia. The top human rights body of the Americas has called on Jamaica to repeal its colonial-era ban criminalizing consensual same-sex relationships. In a first-of-its-kind ruling for LGBTQ rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ruled that criminalizing LGBTQ people or same-sex behavior violates international law. The decision was made in ...

J-FLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays) yesterday welcomed the recent r...

THE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has delivered a landmark ruling tha...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today made public a decision calling on Jamaica to repeal laws prohibiting consensual same-sex conduct.

Jamaica should repeal its colonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Americas said on Wednesday, in a symbolic landmark ruling on LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean.