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Sexuality and human rights : a global overview

Title
Sexuality and human rights : a global overview / Helmut Graupner, Phillip Tahmindjis, editors.
Author
International Bar Association. Conference (2000 : Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publication
Binghamton, NY : Harrington Park Press, ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Graupner, Helmut, 1965-
  • Tahmindjis, Phillip.
Description
xviii, 244 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global Overview focuses on the controversial issues of human sexuality and the legal challenges that LGBT individuals face. Internationally recognized legal experts thoroughly discuss the status of important sexuality and human rights laws around the world. Reviewing the progression from historical foundations and shifting public opinions through the most recent landmark legal cases, this is a valuable text accessible to the general reader as well as an essential resource on the status of human rights laws pertaining to sexuality."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Journal of homosexuality
Uniform Title
  • Journal of homosexuality.
  • Journal of homosexuality
Subject
  • Gay rights > Congresses
  • Gay people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Congresses
  • Homosexuality > Law and legislation > Congresses
  • Sex and law > Congresses
  • Human rights > Congresses
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities > congresses
  • Sexuality > congresses
  • Gay rights
  • Gays > Legal status, laws, etc
  • Homosexuality > Law and legislation
  • Human rights
  • Sex and law
Genre/Form
  • Congress
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Note
  • "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of homosexuality, volume 48, numbers 3/4 2004."
  • "Updated versions of papers delivered to the biennial conference of the International Bar Association held in 2000 in Amsterdam"--Frwd.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword : International Lesbian and Gay Law Association / R. Douglas Elliott -- CERSGOSIG : perspectives and objectives to challenge discrimination : a network on global scale / Stefano Fabeni -- Sexuality and international human rights law / Phillip Tahmindjis -- Sexuality and Australian law / Michael Kirby -- Transsexuals and European human rights law / Robert Reed -- Sexual orientation and gender identity in North America : legal trends, legal contrasts / R. Douglas Elliott, Mary Bonauto -- Sexuality and human rights in Europe / Helmut Graupner -- Advancing human rights through constitutional protection for gays and lesbians in South Africa / Ronald Louw -- Sexuality and human rights : an Asian perspective / Erick Laurent -- Laws and sexual identities : closing or opening the circle? / Phillip Tahmindjis.
ISBN
  • 1560235543
  • 9781560235545
  • 1560235551
  • 9781560235552
LCCN
2004022790
OCLC
  • ocm56617114
  • 56617114
  • SCSB-1417314
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library