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Michigan governor signs law banning benefits for public employees' domestic partners
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Thursday signed into law a bill prohibiting public employers from providing medical or other fringe benefits to their employees' domestic partners. Snyder provided a signing statement noting that a new definition of (More) |
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Hungary court strikes down provisions of media law
Hungary's Constitutional Court on Monday struck down certain provisions of the country's recently passed media law as an unconstitutional restraint on press freedom. Rights groups had urged Hungary to amend the media law. The media law created th (More) |
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UN report details global violence against LGBT individuals
The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Thursday released the first ever UN report on the global human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. The report details LGBT people around the world being k (More) |
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Nigerian Same-Sex Marriage Ban Infringes Individual Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Damian Ugwu, Executive Director of the Social Justice & Advocacy Initiative, says that the recent bill prohibiting same-sex marriage in Nigeria has ominous implications for a broad range of individual rights in the country. (More) |
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Montana Case Shows Split in Gay Rights Movement
JURIST Guest Columnist Shannon Gilreath of Wake Forest University School of Law says that the current litigation strategy seeking marriage rights for same-sex couples only tinkers around the edges of heteronormative institutions when it should be see (More) |
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UK launches action plan to promote transgender equality
The UK Home Office Government Equalities Office on Thursday announced the UK's first ever government action plan promoting transgender equality [report, PDF; official website]. The plan stated that there was a 14 percent rise in transgender-related (More) |
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Malawi to review controversial anti-homosexuality law
Malawian Justice Minister Ephraim Chiume said Thursday that President Bingu wa Mutharika has ordered the Malawi Law Commission to review several controversial laws, including a law banning homosexual acts. Chiume stated that the review was in respo (More) |
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US to use foreign aid, diplomacy to advance LGBT rights globally
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that the US will use foreign assistance, international diplomacy and political asylum to promote gay rights . The secretary's remarks before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva were in tand (More) |
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HRW report: lesbians and transgender men face discrimination in South Africa
Lesbians and transgender men in South Africa face discrimination and fear violence on a daily basis from both private individuals and government officials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported [text, PDF; press release] on Monday. The report argues th (More) |
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Russian Ban on Homosexual Propaganda Violates Human Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Paul Johnson, Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Surrey, says that the latest ban by Russian authorities on the promotion of homosexuality to minors is only the most recent violation of the European Court of Huma (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
