Sexuality and Empire 150 Years On: the Delhi High Court and Macaulay's sodomy offence

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Channel: LSE · 2010 · Education

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Speaker: Michael Kirby
This event was recorded on 6 November 2009 in Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
In 2009, the Delhi High Court in India upheld a challenge to the constitutional validity of s377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalized homosexuality. Michael Kirby will explain why UK lawyers should be engaged in the reform movement as a matter of basic human rights.

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