Ubuntu and African Restorative Justice Mechanisms as Building Blocks for an LGBTQI+ Inclusive Legal System: A Focus on the Right to Housing, Legal Recognition and Corporate Accountability for LGBTQI+ Inclusion
2024; Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.18060/28374
ISSN2169-3226
AutoresPepe Julian Onziema, Daphine Arinda,
Tópico(s)African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
ResumoThis Article reviews recent developments in national legislation and international law related to housing, legal recognition of LGBTQI+ individuals, and corporate responsibility of businesses towards LGBTQI+ people.It makes strategic recommendations that can lead to the building of LGBTQI+ inclusive legal frameworks leaning against international human rights standards and uniquely African standards like the Ubuntu philosophy and African restorative justice mechanisms.* Pepe Julian Onziema, is a transman living and working in Uganda where the Anti-Homosexuality Act was passed in May 2023.He is the Director of Programs at Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) whose operations were halted by the NGO Bureau in August 2022 for reasons including having its main objective as "to fight against discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons in Uganda."See Press Release, Uganda Nat'l Bureau for Non-Governmental Orgs., Statement on Halting the Operations of Sexual Minorities Uganda (Aug.5, 2022), https://ngobureau.go.ug/en/news-and-notices/statement-on-halting-theoperations-of-sexual-minorities-uganda [https://perma.cc/2BPJ-ESA6].Mr. Onziema is an award winner and has been interviewed on the renowned "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver, an interview that won the GLAAD Media
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