Criminalization of LGBTIQ+: A crime against humanity?
While love is not a crime, the systematic persecution committed by states against LGBT+ people is likely to constitute a crime punishable under international law. The International Criminal Court (ICC) indeed recognised the existence of crimes based on gender and the ICC Prosecutor requested the issuance of arrest warrants for persecution suffered by LGBTQ+ individuals.
The conference therefore proposes to turn the question of the criminalisation of homosexuality on its head, by examining how to criminally prosecute state agents responsible for such persecution.
Which state agents can be prosecuted?
In a state that criminalises homosexuality, who would be criminally responsible for crimes against humanity against homosexuals? Can we hold those who voted for and signed the law criminally liable or only those who apply it?
Speaker: Nick Leddy, Head of Litigation at Legal Action Worldwide