Privy Council rejects criminalisation of consensual gay sex
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Derek Achong The Privy Council has ruled in favour of Jason Jones in his long-running legal challenge against laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations between adults in Trinidad and Tobago. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, November 10, the Board allowed Jones’ appeal and dismissed the Attorney General’s cross-appeal, finding that sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act 1986 infringe his fundamental rights under the Constitution. The Board agreed with former High Court Judge and current Appellate Judge Devindra Rampersad, who found that segments of the Sexual Offences Act…
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