Articles on Decriminalization

Botswana Removes Same-Sex Ban from Penal Code

Botswana has officially removed colonial-era provisions that criminalized consensual same-sex intima...

Legislation HumanRights . . .

Botswana • Apr 28, 2026 • 225 • 269 • 0

Tajikistan's 2025 Human Rights Report Highlights Legal...

Human Rights Watch released its 2025 report on Tajikistan, detailing significant legal and human rig...

HumanRights LegalReform . . .

Tajikistan • Mar 24, 2026 • 267 • 236 • 0

Macron Calls for Defense of Women's Rights in Andorra

In the traditional address for Andorra's Constitution Day, French Co-Prince Emmanuel Macron urged th...

Legislation Women'sRights . . .

Andorra • Mar 13, 2026 • 194 • 198 • 0

Feminists in Andorra Demand Legal Abortion Rights

On March 8, 2026, coinciding with International Women's Day, approximately 200 individuals marched b...

Legislation Protest . . .

Andorra • Mar 09, 2026 • 191 • 188 • 0

Grenada's Governor-General Assents to Cannabis Reform L...

On March 6, 2026, Grenada's Governor-General, Her Excellency Dame Cecile La Grenade, assented to the...

Legislation Reform . . .

Grenada • Mar 06, 2026 • 94 • 87 • 0

Grenada's Cannabis Decriminalization Bill Passed in Par...

On February 12, 2026, the Cannabis Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Forestry an...

Legislation Decriminalization . . .

Grenada • Feb 12, 2026 • 152 • 142 • 0

Grenada's Draft Cannabis Bill Exempts Rastafari Institu...

On January 16, 2026, Grenada's Cannabis Commission for Legalisation and Regulation Secretariat confi...

Legislation Cannabis . . .

Grenada • Jan 16, 2026 • 116 • 108 • 0

Faroe Islands Parliament Votes to Amend Abortion Law

On December 4, 2025, the Faroese Parliament (Løgtingið) voted to amend the existing abortion law, al...

Legislation Abortion . . .

Faroe islands • Dec 04, 2025 • 193 • 246 • 0

Ethiopia Tightens Media Control Ahead of 2026 Elections

As Ethiopia approaches its general elections scheduled for June 1, 2026, concerns are mounting over...

Election Ethiopia . . .

Ethiopia • Sep 01, 2025 • 222 • 259 • 0

Court Decision Reverses Progress on LGBTQ People’s Righ...

New York, New York - March 28, 2025 - Outright International notes with grave concern the recent jud...

Legislation LGBTQRights . . .

Trinidad and Tobago • Mar 28, 2025 • 214 • 250 • 0

Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct

In a landmark ruling on April 22, 2024, the High Court of Dominica decriminalized consensual same-se...

HighCourt LGBTQRights . . .

Dominica • Apr 24, 2024 • 226 • 278 • 0

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