Sexuality and human rights
Subtitle: a global overview
By: Helmut Graupner, Phillip Tahmindjis, editors.
Contributors: Graupner, Helmut, 1965-; Tahmindjis, Phillip.
Series: Journal of homosexuality
Publisher: Harrington Park Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Binghamton, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Gay rights -- Congresses.; Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Congresses.; Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Congresses.; Sex and law -- Congresses.; Human rights -- Congresses.; Sexuality_and_the_Law
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Journal of homosexuality.
Description: "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.
Notes: "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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : International Lesbian and Gay Law Association / R. Douglas Elliott; title: CERSGOSIG : perspectives and objectives to challenge discrimination : a network on global scale / Stefano Fabeni; title: Sexuality and international human rights law / Phillip Tahmindjis; title: Sexuality and Australian law / Michael Kirby; title: Transsexuals and European human rights law / Robert Reed; title: Sexual orientation and gender identity in North America : legal trends, legal contrasts / R. Douglas Elliott, Mary Bonauto; title: Sexuality and human rights in Europe / Helmut Graupner; title: Advancing human rights through constitutional protection for gays and lesbians in South Africa / Ronald Louw; title: Sexuality and human rights : an Asian perspective / Erick Laurent; title: Laws and sexual identities : closing or opening the circle? / Phillip Tahmindjis.